Tipu Sultan

Tipu Sultan, commonly referred to as Sher-e-Mysore, was the Sultan of Mysore from 1782 until his death in 1799. He was a pioneer of rocket artillery. He expanded the... Wikipedia

• Predecessor:  Hyder Ali
• Successor:  Krishnaraja III, (as Maharaja of Mysore)
• Dewan:  Purnaiah
• Born:  Fateh Ali, December 01, 1751, Devanahalli, Kingdom of Mysore, (present-day Karnataka, India)
• Age at death:  47 years
• Died:  May 4, 1799, Seringapatam, Sultanate of Mysore, (present-day Karnataka, India)
• Burial:  5 May 1799, Gumbaz, Srirangapatna, (present-day Mandya, Karnataka)
• Issue, Detail:  Shezada Hyder Ali, Ghulam Muhammad Sultan Sahib
• Dynasty:  Khudadad
• Father:  Hyder Ali
• Mother:  Fatima Fakhr-un-Nisa
• Religion:  Islam
• Data source:  DuckDuckGo