Tipu Sultan's search for legitimacy : Islam and kingship in a Hindu domain

Focusing upon the methods adopted by Tipu Sultan to establish his legitimacy as a parvenu ruler, this revisionary study takes an 'nnovative approach to the analysis of kingship in eighteenth-century south India. Biography of Fath °Ali Tipu Sultan, Nawab of Mysore, 1753-1799. Biography of Fath ʻAli Tipu Sultan, Nawab of Mysore, 1753-1799.