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he was fighting East India Company to save his kingdom and his ppl. he was not working for any muslim unity. if I am wrong do correct me with details.
Tipu was part of an armed struggle against the foreign occupation power, thats British East India Company, who came here to do trade only. Tipu had links with other rulers of the time and the purpose was to strengthen the local forces.
Tipu was in contact with Amir of Afghanistan and King of France. After the death of Haider Ali and in the reign of Tipu, the french support diminished as they concluded a treaty with the British and french territories that were safe for Tipu like Pondicherry also went to British hands and odds jumped up from heavy to heavier.
For this purpose, Tipu knew that there is ONE MAN that can do it. That was Amir of AFGHANISTAN. India has been ruled for ages by Afghans. Tipu sent several delegations to the court of Zaman Shah and Zaman did cross the Indus several times but due to a multitude of factors could not reach Delhi.
Had Zaman Shah arrived at the scene of Delhi, the history may have been different.
British were happy with the role of Ranjit Singh, who was holding back afghans in Punjab in the time when British power was still not sufficient to tackle threats from all sides.
Only afghans were a formidable force in this whole region that potentially could have routed the British. It was only Afghan power that finished the Marhatta power in one single blow at Panipat. Ahmed shah Abdali routed Marhattas but did not occupy Delhi throne. Ahmed shah came to rescue muslims of India.
When British came to India, they duly recognised that the main danger to their kingdom would be AFGHANs. They started a multi-pronged strategy to keep afghans busy in Afghanistan only. They created tensions between Iran and Afghanistan by fueling the fire and then taking the side of one against the other over the issue of city of Herat.
British supported Afghan govt over the Herat issue and in return, Dost Mohammad, Amir of Afghanistan, concluded a treaty of no-aggression with British just before the 1857 rebellion. To me, the greatest reason that muslims did not succeed in their freedom war was the absence of afghan factor.
shehbazi, would you also dispel the myths about tipu sultan fighting east india company for muslim unity?
wasnt ranjit singh ruling over afghanistan at that time?
Lets not forget Saladin! Kurd commander of Muslim army!