Thread by @Tanuj0907

Today is Tipu Sultan's Birth Anniversary.

To instantiate, the Portuguese missionary Fr. Bartholomew in his eyewitness account recorded in his ‘Voyage to East Indies’ illustrated the dark side of Tipu’s fanaticism during the raid of Calicut:

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“Most of the women and children were hanged in Calicut, first mothers were hanged and their children tied to necks of mothers.

That barbarian Tipu Sultan tied the naked Christians and Hindus to the legs of Elephants and made the elephants to move around till the bodies of the helpless victims were torn to pieces”

letter to army commander 14/12/1788 says“I am sending two of my followers with Mir Hussain Ali.Along with them you should capture and kill allHindus.Those below 20 years may be kept in prison and 5000 from the rest should be killed by hanging from tree tops.These are my orders.”

"Almost all Hindus in Calicut are now converted to Islam. Only a few are still not converted on the borders of Cochin State. I am determined to convert them also very soon. I consider this as Jehad to achieve that object”

Tipu Sultan's letter to Syed Abdul Dulai (18.1.1790)

Tipu claimed himself to be the direct descendant of Prophet Mohammed, and even inscribed the following words on his ceremonial sword:
“My victorious sabre is lightning for the destruction of the unbelievers.”

(Source: Sil, Narasingha. (2013). Tipu Sultan in History Revisionism)