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==Family== [[File:Gumbaz.jpg|thumb|right|The mausoleum housing Tipu Sultan's tomb is another example of [[Islamic architecture]].Tipu Sultan's flag is in the foreground.]] [[File:Tipu tomb.jpg|thumb|right|The tomb of Tipu Sultan at Srirangapatna. Tipu's tomb is adjacent to his mother's and father's graves.]] Tipu had several wives.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Howes |first=Jennifer |date=October 2021 |title=Tipu Sultan's female entourage under East India Company rule |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-the-royal-asiatic-society/article/abs/tipu-sultans-female-entourage-under-east-india-company-rule/D60AA908187F73DCDBC3F2EDAA235CE5 |journal=Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society|volume=31 |issue=4 |pages=855β874 |doi=10.1017/S135618632000067X |s2cid=229455847 |issn=1356-1863}}</ref> His first wife was Sultan Begum Sahib also known as Padishah Begum.{{sfn|Hasan|2005|p=372}} She was the daughter of Imam Sahib Bakhshi Naita from Arcot,<ref name="d118">{{cite book | last=Brittlebank | first=K. | title=Tipu Sultan's Search for Legitimacy: Islam and Kingship in a Hindu Domain | publisher=Oxford University Press | year=1997 | isbn=978-0-19-563977-3 | page=23}}</ref> and sister of Ghulam Husain Khan, known as the Pondicherry Nawab, a descendant of Chanda Sahib.{{sfn|Hasan|2005|p=372}} They married in 1774.<ref name="c791">{{cite book | last=Brittlebank | first=K. | title=Tiger: The Life of Tipu Sultan | publisher=Claritas Books | year=2022 | isbn=978-1-905837-87-8 | page=51}}</ref> Another wife married at the same time was Ruqaya Banu Begum. She was the daughter of Lala Miyan Shaheed Charkoli,<ref name="u647">{{cite book | last=Mahmood | first=M.K. | title=Kingdom of Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan: Sultanat E Khudadad | publisher=Xlibris US | year=2013 | isbn=978-1-4836-1536-3 | page=77}}</ref> and the sister of Sheikh Burhanuddin.<ref name="i329">{{cite book | last=NadvΔ« | first=M.I. | title=Tipu Sultan, a Life History | publisher=Institute of Objective Studies | year=2004 | page=216}}</ref> She died in February 1792 at the time of the siege of Seringapatam.<ref name="d118"/> Another wife was Khadija Zaman Begum. She was the daughter of Mir Sayyid Moinuddin Khan<ref name="i329"/> also known as Sayyid Sahib.<ref name="u252">{{cite book | last=Hoover | first=J.W. | title=Men Without Hats: Dialogue, Discipline, and Discontent in the Madras Army 1806-1807 | publisher=Manohar Publishers & Distributors | year=2007 | isbn=978-81-7304-725-1 | page=83}}</ref> They married in 1796. She died in childbirth in 1797.<ref name="c791"/> Another wife was Buranti Begum. She was the daughter of Mir Muhammad Pasand Beg, a nobleman from Delhi and her mother's father was Sayyid Muhammad Khan, once a ''subedar'' of Kashmir. Another wife was Roshani Begum. She was the mother of his eldest son Fath Haider.{{sfn|Hasan|2005|p=372}} His sons were [[Shezada Hyder Ali|Hyder Ali Khan Sultan]],<ref>{{cite news |title=Karunanidhi to release stamp on Vellore sepoy mutiny |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/karunanidhi-to-release-stamp-on-vellore-sepoy-mutiny/article3102882.ece |work=The Hindu |date=9 July 2006}}</ref> Muin-ud-din Sultan, Abdul Khaliq Sultan, Muiz-ud-din Sultan, Muhammad Subhan Sultan, Shukrullah Sultan, Ghulam Ahmad Sultan, [[Ghulam Muhammad Sultan Sahib|Ghulam Muhammad Sultan]], Sarwar-ud-din Sultan, Muhammad Yasin Sultan, Jamal-ud-din Sultan and Munir-ud-din Sultan. One of his daughters was married to Husain Ali Khan.{{sfn|Hasan|2005|p=372}}
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