"In yet another letter to the selfsame Budruz Khan, Tipu celebrates the triumph of his fanaticism in a different way: I have achieved a great victory recently in Malabar and over four lakh Hindus were converted to Islam. I am now determined to march against the cursed Raman Nair."
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Tipu Sultan letter to Budruz Zuman Khan in Sandeep Balakrishna. 2013. Tipu Sultan : The Tyrant of Mysore. Chennai: Rare Publications.
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Mysorean invasion of Malabar
1766 – 1792
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