Tipu Sultan
(November 10, 1750-May 4, 1799)
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born on November 10, 1750 at Devanahalli in the Kolar district
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Was named Tipu Sultan after the Saint Tipu Mastan Aulia
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Was the son of Haidar Ali
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Tipu was also called Fateh Ali after his grandfather Fatah Muhammad
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Was more learned than his father, and received excellent training in the
art and administration of war
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Engaged in battle for the first time in 1763 when his father attacked Malabar
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Tipu conducted negotiations with the Nizam in the First Mysore War so well
that the Nizam gave him the title Fateh Ali Khan
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In the last campaign of the First Mysore War, Tipu went as far as Madras
and plundered the houses of Madras councillors at St. Thomas
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Tipur also participated in the Mysore-Maratha War (1769-1772)
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When his father Haidar died in 1782 Tipu inherited a large kingdom; it
stretched 400 mi. from the Krishna R. all the way down to Dindigal, and
300 mi. from the eastern Ghats to Malabar
