# whitemughals tipusultan traveldiaries

Departure and return of Tipu Sultan's hostage sons, as told by British art. Left: Print after Mather Brown dramatising the boys' departure from Srirangapatna, 1792. Right: Needlepoint sampler imagining the boys' return, 1794 ( F855).

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2022-09-13

Today On 4th May 1799 Tipu Sultan was killed at Srirangapatnam, thus bringing to an end of the 4th Mysore war. The EIC soldiers looted all the jewellery of Tipu.

This final assault happened under the command of Lt. Gen. George Harris.

(Last Moment of Tipu by Henry Singleton)

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2020-05-04

Besieging the Harem, 1799. has written about EIC's rape & looting of Srirangapatnam in
https://t.co/JxZQMKBWon

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2017-03-14