"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."
January 1, 1970
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