Thread by @ranganaathan

The major part of Tipu Sultan's rule was spent in conducting military operations for subjugating Malabar #TyrantTipu

#TyrantTipu Wars of territorial conquest waged in Malabar by Hyder Ali Khan, with the assistance of Ali Raja of Arackal and his Mappila followers of Cannanore, were intended more for spreading the Islamic faith by killing and forcible conversion of Hindus

Hyder Ali Khan had expressed his satisfaction for these cruel achievements #TyrantTipu

Before his efforts to conquer the entire Malabar region could succeed, Hyder Ali Khan died in December, 1782. Tipu Sultan who succeeded his father, considered it his primary duty to continue this unfinished jîhâd started by Hyder Ali Khan #TyrantTipu

Islamic fanaticism of Tipu Sultan was worse than that of his father. His war-cry of jîhâd was death or forcible conversion. During the cruel days of Islamic operations from 1783 to 1791, thousands of Nairs besides about 30,000 Brahmins had fled Malabar. #TyrantTipu

Enough evidence of members of Zamorin family and Nairs were forcibly circumcised and converted into Muhammadan faith as well as compelled to eat beef The communal Mappila outrage of 1921 in Malabar could be traced to the Islamic atrocities of #TyrantTipu

Millions of Hindus were forcibly converted into Muhammadan faith In 1789, Tipu Sultan marched to Kozhikode with an army of 60,000, destroyed the fort, and razed the town to the ground #TyrantTipu

Gunddart says in his Kerala Pazhama that it is just not possible to describe the cruel atrocities perpetrated by the barbarian Tipu Sultan in Kozhikode.
William Logan gives in his Malabar Manual a long list of temples destroyed by Tipu Sultan and his army #TyrantTipu

Kozhikode was then a centre of Brahmins. Around 7000 Namboodiri houses of which more than 2000 houses were destroyed by Tipu Sultan in Kozhikode alone. During the military regime of Tipu Sultan, Hindus were forcibly circumcised and converted to Muhammadan faith #TyrantTipu

The financial assistance to Sringeri Mutt meant for conducting religious rites to ward off evil spirits, was clearly specified in the letter sent by Tipu Sultan
Tipu Sultan had, ruled his kingdom only for sixteen-and-a-half years, from December 7, 1782 to May 4, 1799 #TyrantTipu

The territory of Malabar was under his effective control only for a short period of eight years. He had convinced himself that he could easily become the Emperor of South India if he could somehow vanquish the British #TyrantTipu

Tipu Sultan solicited the assistance of Muslim countries like Persia, Afghanistan and Turkey. In the vast empire of Tipu Sultan on the eve of his death, there were only two Hindu temples having daily pujas within the Sreerangapatanam fortress #TyrantTipu

It is only for the satisfaction of the Brahmin astrologers who used to study his horoscope that he had spared those two temples. Entire wealth Hindu temple was confiscated before 1790 itself to make up for the revenue loss due to total prohibition in the country #TyrantTipu

Tipu Sultan discontinued the practice of appointing Hindus in different administrative and military jobs as practised by his father, Hyder Ali Khan, in the past. He had deep hatred towards all non-Muslims. #TyrantTipu

During the entire period of sixteen years of his regime, Purnaiyya was the only Hindu who had adorned the post of Dewan or minister under Tipu Sultan.
In 1797 (2 yrs b4 his death) among the 65 senior Government posts, not even a single Hindu was retained #TyrantTipu

Among the 26 civil and military officers captured by the British in 1792 there were only 6 non-Muslims Muslims, even those who were illiterate and inefficient, were also appointed to important Government posts #TyrantTipu

First mothers were hanged with children tied to the necks of their mothers.
Tipu Sultan tied Christians and Hindus to the legs of elephants and made the elephants move till the bodies were tom to pieces. #TyrantTipu

Temples and Churches were ordered to be burnt, desecrated and destroyed.
Christian and Hindu women were forced to marry Muhammadans and similarly their men were forced to marry Muhammadan women. #TyrantTipu

Cruelties which Tipu Sultan committed in Coorg, has unparalleled in history.
He forcibly converted over ten thousand Hindus to Muhammadanism. #TyrantTipu