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According to some historians, Hyder Ali is thought to be of Arab ancestry. [5] [6] According to this tradition, his ancestors were Nawayath Arab from Quraysh tribe, [7] who arrived in India through sea-route and later came to South India from Delhi during the reign of Muhammad Adil Shah [8] or were settled in Punjab, before moving to South India. [5]
The Sword of Tipu Sultan is an Indian historical drama that was first broadcast on the DD National in February 1990. Based on a novel by Bhagwan Gidwani, this drama is a fictional portrayal of the life and times of Tipu Sultan, the 18th century ruler of Mysore.
Tipu's father, Hyder Ali, was a military officer in service to the Kingdom of Mysore who had become the de facto ruler of Mysore in 1761 while his mother Fatima Fakhr-un-Nisa was the daughter of Mir Muin-ud-Din, the governor of the fort of Kadapa.
Later, he was recognised as successor to his maternal uncle. He was granted the personal title of Khan Bahadur on 11 February 1765. He succeeded as Jagirdar of Banganapalle on the death of his unmarried uncle on 7 April 1769. Later he entered the service of Hyder Ali, becoming a high-ranking officer in his armies.
Nizam Mir Barkat Ali Khan Siddiqi Mukarram Jah, Asaf Jah VIII (6 October 1933 – 15 January 2023), less formally known as Mukarram Jah, was the titular Nizam of Hyderabad between 1967 and 1971. [1] He was the head of the House of Asaf Jah until he died in 2023.
On the southern side of the veranda outside are the graves of Sultan Begum - Tipu's sister, Fatima Begum - Tipu's daughter, Shazadi Begum - infant daughter, Syed Shahbaz - Tipu's son-in-law, Mir Mahmood Ali Khan, and his father and mother. On the East side is the black grave supposedly of Tipu's foster mother Madina Begum.
By 1779, Hyder Ali had captured parts of modern Tamil Nadu and Kerala in the south, extending the Kingdom's area to about 80,000 mi 2 (205,000 km 2). [40] In 1780, he befriended the French and made peace with the Marathas and the Nizam. [45] However, Hyder Ali was betrayed by the Marathas and the Nizam, who made treaties with the British as well.
He was eldest son of Sayyid Husain Ali Khan Bahadur. He succeeded on the death of his father as Jagirdar of Banganapalle, 26 August 1783. He reigned under the guardianship of his paternal uncle between 1783 and 1784. Fled with him to Hyderabad when Hyder Ali invaded and overran Banganapalle, 1784.