Letter, Gulam Muhammad Sultan Sahib to Captain Peacock , 1868

This is a letter written by Prince Ghulam Muhammad Sultan, the fourteenth son of Tipu Sultan (1751-1799), the ruler of Mysore.

The letter, dated 21st August 1868, is addressed to a British government official, Captain Peacock. After Tipu Sultan’s defeat in Seringapatam, the British deported the Sultan’s remaining family members to Calcutta. Prince Ghulam Muhammad Sultan, recognized as Tipu Sultan’s only surviving successor, was the youngest of his sons. Unfortunately, the Prince succumbed to dengue fever in 1872.

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