Ruler of Mysore
Also recorded as: Tipu · Tippoo Sultan
Associated with the recovery of Gurramkonda and the Zafarabad mint. His mother Fakhr-un-Nissa was Mir Ali Raza Khan’s sister, giving him a maternal-family connection with the place. This does not establish Gurramkonda as her birthplace or residence. The loss of territory in 1792 and his death in 1799 remain distinct stages in the region’s political history.
This profile is limited to the cited local or regional connection. No unverified portrait, birth date or genealogy is supplied.
J. R. Henderson · Government Press, Madras · 1921 · Mint discussion: Zafarabad (Gurramkonda).
NUMISMATIC
How this source is used: Historical museum catalogue; compare its identifications with later numismatic scholarship.
Open external source ↗National Army Museum catalogue · National Army Museum · Catalogue of historical illustration · Collection record 1971-02-33-386-1.
SECONDARY
How this source is used: Used for the date and context of Tipu’s death. The later illustration is not an eyewitness photograph.
Open external source ↗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.
Open external source ↗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.
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WHERE THIS STORY LEADS
Reviewed numismatic records associate Tipu Sultan’s Zafarabad mint-name with Gurramkonda.
Follow Tipu’s Zafarabad mint-nameJ. R. Henderson · Government Press, Madras · 1921 · Mint discussion: Zafarabad (Gurramkonda).
NUMISMATIC
How this source is used: Historical museum catalogue; compare its identifications with later numismatic scholarship.
Open external source ↗Sources support Tipu’s recovery of the fort but differ between 1774 and 1778.
Read the disputed recovery dateJ. R. Henderson · Government Press, Madras · 1921 · Mint discussion: Zafarabad (Gurramkonda).
NUMISMATIC
How this source is used: Historical museum catalogue; compare its identifications with later numismatic scholarship.
Open external source ↗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.
Open external source ↗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.
Open external source ↗These links follow associations recorded in the archive. They do not establish a builder, genealogy or precise location.