Mir Sadiq
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Mir Sadiq | |
|---|---|
| Minister in the Cabinet | |
| In office 1780s/1790s–1799 | |
| Monarch | Tipu Sultan |
| Personal details | |
| Died | 1799 |
Mir Sadiq was a courtier who held the post of a minister in the cabinet of Tipu Sultan of Mysore and is famous for his betrayal of Tipu Sultan to the British.[1]
In the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War in 1798–99, he betrayed Tipu Sultan during the Siege of Srirangapatana, paving the way for a British victory. During the siege, although the invading English troops were starving, Sadiq withdrew his troops, allowing the British to commence their attack on the fort.[2] He betrayed Tipu, killing Tipu loyalist, Ghazi Khan and later arranged to have Tipu trapped behind locked doors.[3] Sadiq was killed by some of the dismayed Mysorean troops immediately following the defeat as he attempted to go over to welcome the British.[4]
