Also recorded as: Mir Raza Ali Khan · Mir Reza Ali · Mir Ali Riza Khan
Mir Ali Raza Khan was Tipu Sultan’s maternal uncle: Sheikh Ali identifies his sister Fakhr-un-Nissa as Tipu’s mother. The Chittoor gazetteer records his possession of Gurramkonda, burial there and succession by his son Kamar-ud-Din. The 1781 and 1782 death accounts remain unresolved; the family relationship does not establish a palace or tomb-building commission.
This profile is limited to the cited local or regional connection. No unverified portrait, birth date or genealogy is supplied.
N. Ramesan · Government of Andhra Pradesh; digitised by IGNCA / ASI Library · 1979 · Historical chapter, printed pp. 42–43.
GAZETTEER
How this source is used: A retrospective district account. Its relationship statement is used carefully; construction dates and genealogy need independent confirmation.
B. Sheikh Ali · Author’s digital text, reproduced in a public FlipHTML5 reader · Digital edition; publication year not established in the inspected copy · Chapter 1, opening page (text-version p. 1; reader page 15 of 448).
ACADEMIC / SECONDARY · Evidence tier B
How this source is used: The actual reader page was inspected, not just its search snippet. It identifies Fatima, also called Fakhr-un-Nissa, as Tipu’s mother, daughter of Mir Moin-ud-din, Governor of Cuddapah, and sister of Mir Ali Raza Khan. The uploader’s 2006 label is not treated as verified edition metadata or conflated with the separately catalogued 2012 edition. Its Porto Novo / July 1781 death statement conflicts with the Chittoor gazetteer’s 1782 account; accepting the genealogy does not resolve that conflict. No birthplace or residence at Gurramkonda is established.
Mir Ali Raza Khan, also encountered as Mir Ali Riza Khan, can be followed through political accounts, family evidence and the tomb’s documented identification. Clarifying his family relationship does not settle the separate questions of death or monument patronage.
DOCUMENTED
Mir Ali Raza Khan was Tipu Sultan’s maternal uncle: his sister Fakhr-un-Nissa was Tipu’s mother.
Sheikh Ali explicitly identifies Fakhr-un-Nissa as Mir Ali Raza Khan’s sister and Tipu’s mother. That sibling relationship establishes the maternal-uncle connection; the Chittoor gazetteer separately calls Mir Ali Raza Hyder Ali’s brother-in-law. This does not establish Fakhr-un-Nissa’s birthplace or residence at Gurramkonda.
N. Ramesan · Government of Andhra Pradesh; digitised by IGNCA / ASI Library · 1979 · Historical chapter, printed pp. 42–43.
GAZETTEER
How this source is used: A retrospective district account. Its relationship statement is used carefully; construction dates and genealogy need independent confirmation.
B. Sheikh Ali · Author’s digital text, reproduced in a public FlipHTML5 reader · Digital edition; publication year not established in the inspected copy · Chapter 1, opening page (text-version p. 1; reader page 15 of 448).
ACADEMIC / SECONDARY · Evidence tier B
How this source is used: The actual reader page was inspected, not just its search snippet. It identifies Fatima, also called Fakhr-un-Nissa, as Tipu’s mother, daughter of Mir Moin-ud-din, Governor of Cuddapah, and sister of Mir Ali Raza Khan. The uploader’s 2006 label is not treated as verified edition metadata or conflated with the separately catalogued 2012 edition. Its Porto Novo / July 1781 death statement conflicts with the Chittoor gazetteer’s 1782 account; accepting the genealogy does not resolve that conflict. No birthplace or residence at Gurramkonda is established.
Mir Ali Raza Khan belongs to the political history linking Sira, the Marathas and Gurramkonda.
The sources place his association with Gurramkonda within the Mysore–Maratha struggle. Their chronology needs comparison rather than a single reconstructed transfer date.
Shailendra Bhandare · Oriental Numismatic Society · 2006 · ONS Newsletter 186; Cuddapah and Gurramkonda discussion.
NUMISMATIC
How this source is used: Research based on coin specimens. Some older Gurramkonda attributions are explicitly rejected; undated coins do not establish a precise year.
N. Ramesan · Government of Andhra Pradesh; digitised by IGNCA / ASI Library · 1979 · Historical chapter, printed pp. 42–43.
GAZETTEER
How this source is used: A retrospective district account. Its relationship statement is used carefully; construction dates and genealogy need independent confirmation.
An ASI photograph catalogue identifies the principal tomb at Gurramkonda as that of Mir Raja Ali Khan.
The catalogue spelling is preserved. This is evidence of the recorded identification, not proof of the building’s patron, construction date or an exact family tree.
Archaeological Survey of India · British Library · Individual capture date not confirmed in this review · Photo 1008/4(337)
PRIMARY / ARCHIVAL · Evidence tier A
How this source is used: Institutional identification of the principal tomb. Preserve the catalogue spelling; it does not settle genealogy or patronage. Image unavailable.
The date, place and circumstances of Mir Ali Raza Khan’s death remain under review.
The Chittoor gazetteer gives 1782; Sheikh Ali’s opening genealogy places his death at Porto Novo in July 1781. These accounts disagree. The genealogy can be supported without silently selecting one death account. The Cuddalore retelling is not independently established, and no definitive war or place of death is assigned here.
N. Ramesan · Government of Andhra Pradesh; digitised by IGNCA / ASI Library · 1979 · Historical chapter, printed pp. 42–43.
GAZETTEER
How this source is used: A retrospective district account. Its relationship statement is used carefully; construction dates and genealogy need independent confirmation.
B. Sheikh Ali · Author’s digital text, reproduced in a public FlipHTML5 reader · Digital edition; publication year not established in the inspected copy · Chapter 1, opening page (text-version p. 1; reader page 15 of 448).
ACADEMIC / SECONDARY · Evidence tier B
How this source is used: The actual reader page was inspected, not just its search snippet. It identifies Fatima, also called Fakhr-un-Nissa, as Tipu’s mother, daughter of Mir Moin-ud-din, Governor of Cuddapah, and sister of Mir Ali Raza Khan. The uploader’s 2006 label is not treated as verified edition metadata or conflated with the separately catalogued 2012 edition. Its Porto Novo / July 1781 death statement conflicts with the Chittoor gazetteer’s 1782 account; accepting the genealogy does not resolve that conflict. No birthplace or residence at Gurramkonda is established.
Supported by an identified record, institutional catalogue or strong scholarship. The label applies to the stated claim, not every detail of its subject.
SUPPORTED
Credible evidence exists; important details still need corroboration.
CONFLICTING EVIDENCE
Sources disagree. Their differences remain visible rather than being combined into a new certainty.
ORAL TRADITION
A cultural, devotional or locally preserved account; not established documentary history.
RESEARCH LEAD
A question or clue awaiting evidence. It is not a factual conclusion.
N. Ramesan · Government of Andhra Pradesh; digitised by IGNCA / ASI Library · 1979 · Historical chapter, printed pp. 42–43.
GAZETTEER
How this source is used: A retrospective district account. Its relationship statement is used carefully; construction dates and genealogy need independent confirmation.
N. Ramesan · Government of Andhra Pradesh; digitised by IGNCA / ASI Library · 1979 · Historical chapter, printed pp. 42–43.
GAZETTEER
How this source is used: A retrospective district account. Its relationship statement is used carefully; construction dates and genealogy need independent confirmation.
N. Ramesan · Government of Andhra Pradesh; digitised by IGNCA / ASI Library · 1979 · Historical chapter, printed pp. 42–43.
GAZETTEER
How this source is used: A retrospective district account. Its relationship statement is used carefully; construction dates and genealogy need independent confirmation.