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“With the grace of Prophet Mohammed and Allah, almost all Hindus in Calicut are converted to Islam. Only on the borders of Cochin State a few are still not converted. I am determined to convert them also very soon. I consider this as Jehad to achieve that object.” - Tipu Sultan..

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..in his letter to Syed Abdul Dulai.

“Don’t you know I have achieved a great victory recently in Malabar and over four lakh Hindus were converted to Islam? I am determined to march against that cursed ‘Raman Nair’ very soon (referring to the king of Travancore)..

..Since I am overjoyed at the prospect of converting him and his subjects to Islam, I have happily abandoned the idea of going back to Srirangapatanam now." - Tipu in his letter to Budruz Zuman Khan. #TipuSultan

“Over 12,000 Hindus were ‘honoured’ with Islam. There were many Namboodiris (Brahmins) among them. This achievement should be widely publicised among the Hindus. There the local Hindus should be brought before you and then converted to Islam...

...No Namboodiri (Brahmin) should be spared. Also they should be confined there till the dress materials sent for them, reach you.”-Tipu's letter dated March 22, 1788, to Abdul Kadir

“I am sending two of my followers with Mir Hussain Ali. With their assistance, you should capture and kill all Hindus. Those below 20 may be kept in prison and 5,000 from the rest should be killed by hanging from the tree-tops. These are my orders.”- Tipu Sultan...

..letter of Dec14,1788, to his Army Chief in Calicut

“242 Nairs are being sent as prisoners.Categorise them according to their social&family status. After honoring them with Islam, sufficient dress materials may be given to the men and their women.” -Tipu's letter to Sheik Kutub

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