Tipu Sultan

This is a painting that was done in the times of Tipu Sultan. It depicts the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War where Tipu died.

The last picture is the part of Tipu's Summer Palace where commoners could go and tell the king their problems. There were two identical sections, one for the girls and one for the boys because he was Muslim and they believe in gender segregation.

When I analyzed Tipu's wars I felt a little bit differently than some on the opinions I had read before. Unlike his first two wars, the third and fourth Anglo-Mysore wars weren't successful. I noticed that in his first war and most of his second, Hyder Ali was still alive. This led me to believe that Tipu does better when he is working with or under the command of someone else. I found this quite surprising because Tipu Sultan is more famous than his father, Hyder Ali. For example, on the United Kingdom’s National Army Museum website they have a list of Britain’s Greatest Foes; Enemy Commanders which Tipu Sultan is on, not his father. The main quote on the sub-section of the page is "In the management of the horse, the bow, the lance or the musket, [Tipu] shone pre-eminent. He was also an excellent scholar, and even though inured to war from infancy, reputed a good poet and was respected in the army as an excellent and indefatigable soldier." The quote is written by the Hon. John Lindsay in Journal of An Imprisonment in Seringapatam in 'Lives of the Lindsays'. This shows that although he is a major enemy he was very respected.

Tipu Sultan