Mysorean invasion of Kerala
Автор:
Jesse Russell,Ronald Cohn, 129 стр., издатель:
"Книга по Требованию", ISBN:
978-5-5094-2257-7
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Mysorean invasion of Kerala (1766–1792) was the military invasion of Malabar (northern Kerala), including the territories of the Zamorin of Calicut, by the Muslim de facto ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore Hyder Ali. After completing the occupation, Kingdom of Cochin, situated south of Malabar, was made a tributary state of Mysore. The major reason for the occupation of Malabar was the desire to have access to the Indian ocean ports. The Mysore invasion provided the English East India Company more chances to tight their grip on the ancient feudal principalities of Malabar and converting Travancore, over whom Mysore Sultans attacked after Cochin, to a mere protected ally Mysore Army under Tipu Sultan, the successor of Hyder Ali, is recorded to have forcefully converted over 400,000 Hindus to Islam during this occupation. Данное издание представляет собой компиляцию сведений, находящихся в свободном доступе в среде Интернет в целом, и в...