India: Tipu Sultan (November 1750 - 4 May 1799), ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore (r. 1782-1799). Watercolour painting, c. 1790. Tipu Sultan, also known as the Tiger of Mysore, was the de facto ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore. He was the son of Hyder Ali, at that time an officer in the Mysorean army before his rise to power, and his second wife, Fatima or Fakhr-un-Nissa. He was given a number of honorific titles, and was referred to as Sultan Fateh Ali Khan Shahab, Tipu Saheb, Bahadur Khan Tipu Sultan or Fatih Ali Khan Tipu Sultan Bahadur.

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