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Also Known As Ḥaidar ʿAlī Khān • Ḥaidar ʿAlī
Born 1722 • India
Died December 7, 1782 (aged 60) • Chittoor • India
Role In Mysore Wars
Tippu Sultan: Daria Daulat Bagh
Tippu Sultan
sultan of Mysore
Sir Eyre Coote
British soldier
Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess and 2nd Earl Cornwallis
Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess and 2nd Earl Cornwallis
British general and statesman
Cariappa, Kodandera Madappa
Kodandera Madappa Cariappa
Indian military officer
Mangal Pandey
Mangal Pandey
Indian soldier
Sirāj al-Dawlah
Indian ruler
Muḥammad Shah
Mughal emperor
Quṭb al-Dīn Aibak
Muslim ruler of India
Muʿizz al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Sām
Ghūrid ruler of India
John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg
American clergyman and politician
Murtala Ramat Mohammed
head of state of Nigeria
John A. Rawlins
United States general
William B. Travis
United States military officer
Richard S. Ewell
Confederate general
Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo
Mexican military officer
Walter Campbell Short
United States Army officer
James Fannin
American military figure
Gordon Gray
United States government official
Isaac Stevens
governor of Washington Territory, United States
Bernard-Louis, marquis de Chauvelin
French general and diplomat