"A dark and intolerant bigotry excluded from Tippoo’s choice all but the true believers; and unlimited persecution united in detestation of his rule every Hindoo in his dominions. In the Hindoos no degree of merit was a passport to favour; in the Mussulman no crime could ensure displeasure. (Wilks, 1810-1817/1869, Vol. 2, p. 383)"
— Tipu Sultan

January 1, 1970

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Wilks in Tipu Sultan in History: Revisionism Revised. Narasingha Sil, 2013. Wilks, M. , Col. (1869). Historical sketches of the South of India, in an attempt to trace the history of Mysore, from the origin of the Hindoo government of the state, to the extinction of the Mohammedan dynasty in 1799 (2 vols). Madras, India: L. Higginbotham. (Original work published 1810-1817)