"It has lately been represented to us, that the Koorgs have committed some excesses .... You are, in conjunction with him, to make a general attack on the Koorgs; when, having put to the sword, or made prisoners of, the whole of them, both the slain and the prisoners are to be made Musulmans. In short, you must so manage matters, as [effectually]] to prevent them from exciting any further sedition or disturbance."
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Command to Mir Zainul Abidin Shustari, (Kirkpatrick, 1811, Letter # 117, ). quoted in Tipu Sultan in History: Revisionism Revised. Narasingha Sil, 2013. and
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