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There were rumours that the Sultan was dead and his
faithful followers had taken away his dead body. Some
believed that Sultan had not died but he was wounded and
disappeared and will come back again.He had left
Srirangapatnam after the first attack between British and
Hyderabad army troops and had reached prince Fateh
Haider. He will make his head quarter at saraya or chital
durg and will continue his attacks from there.
All of them followed him and they reached that place where
there were many dead bodies. On the order of British
officers, all dead bodies were checked one by one. When they
were doing so, one English soldier touched the hand of a
corpse when his hand hit with some hard metal and the
turban from corpse head had fallen down. The black long
hair covered the face were open. The English soldier
explained the details to his officer. When they brought the
torches closer, they found a womens corpse who was
wearing golden bracelets in her hands.
After some time all the corpses were checked. When they
saw the body of Sultan Tipu they were silent. Sultans dress
was full of bloodstains but his face was full of grandeur and
grace. In his hand was handle of his broken sword and his
dress was same like his other army officers but his turban
was different from others. Sultans turban fell down from his
corpse. Badar-uz-Zaman had taken that turban. One
English officer asked him, Is this Tipu Sultan? Mir Qamar-
ud-Din replied in low voice, Yes, congratulations for the
victory. One English soldier cried, He is alive. So some
persons pointed their guns towards the body of Tipu Sultan.
One English officer came forward, checked the pulse of
Sultan, put his hand on the chest of Sultan and said, He is
dead. Badar-uz-Zaman looked at the Sultans turban,
touched it to his eyes with great respect and said, We are his
murders and not all of you. We had murdered him and our
coming generations will put flowers of respect on his grave.
The English officer told Qamar-ud-Din that they are
grateful to him and asked him to do arrangement to send the
corpse in palki to the palace. He informed General Harris.
After some time there were slogans of victory from all the
corners of the Fort and with great joy and happiness the
English soldiers moved to the houses of Mysorean people for
plundering and looting. The other groups of British army,
who were searching the Sultan, also followed them in looting
and plundering the peoples properties and killing the
innocent men and women. That night turned into a black
night for the inhabitants of the Mysore city. There were cries
from thousand of daughters of this nation but there was no
reply for it. Due to the misdeeds of Mir Sadiq and others, all
such things happened. The mother who had nourished with
her milk to Mir Sadiq, the treacherous, was also ashamed.
No house of Srirangapatnam was safe and secure from the
brutality of the English army. The treacherous, who had
helped Mir Sadiq, Pornia, Qamar-ud-Din and Moin-ud-Din
were then thinking that they had not only sold away the
freedom of Mysore but also they had sold the respect and
value of their daughters and women.