Download or read book Tipu Sultan's Search for Legitimacy written by Kate Brittlebank and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing upon the methods adopted by Tipu Sultan to establish his legitimacy as a parvenu ruler, this revisionary study takes an `nnovative approach to the analysis of kingship in eighteenth-century south India.