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File:Surrender Of Tipu Sultan.jpg
Seringapatam 26 February 1792. Cornwallis had demanded two of Tipu's sons as hostages to ensure that the Treaty was fulfilled. The young Princes Abdul Khaliq (aged ten) and Mohin-ud-din (aged eight), left their father's city in some state, mounted on elephants in a procession led by camels and standard bearers, followed by an escort guard.

Tipu's sons: Abdul Khaliq Sultan (1782-1806) and Mu’izz-ud-din Sultan (1783-1818)
Date circa 1793
date QS:P571,+1793-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
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NAM 1976-11-86
Exhibition history Royal Academy summer exhibition, Somerset House, 1797 , cat. no.  258 Source/Photographer National Army Museum

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General Lord Cornwallis, receiving two of Tipu Sultan's sons as hostages in the year 1793

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current17:43, 13 January 2012Thumbnail for version as of 17:43, 13 January 20121,000 × 725 (106 KB)FicusindicaHigher resolution image of the painting from the National Army Museum in London. http://www.nam.ac.uk/exhibitions/permanent-galleries/art-gallery/gallery-highlights/hostages-from-mysore
00:42, 20 May 2006Thumbnail for version as of 00:42, 20 May 2006531 × 394 (66 KB)Jungpionier"General Lord Cornwallis receiving Tipoo Sultan’s sons as hostages" (c. 1793), painting by Robert Home (1752 -1834), exhibited at the Royal Academy 1797 Category:History paintings Category:History of India

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