Ghulam Muhammad Sultan | |
Sahibzada of Mysore | |
Succession: | Head of The Hydar Ali dynasty |
Reign: | 180611 August 1872 |
Predecessor: | Tipu Sultan |
Birth Date: | March 1795 A.D |
Birth Place: | Srirangapatnam |
Death Date: | 11 August 1872 (aged 77) |
Death Place: | Tollygunge Calcutta |
Full Name: | Sahibzada Sayyid Shareef Ghulam Muhammad Sultan Khan Sahib |
Father: | Tipu Sultan |
Prince Sahibzada Sayyid Shareef Ghulam Muhammad Sultan Khan Sahib, (March 1795 in Srirangapatnam - 11 August 1872 in Tollygunge, Calcutta) was the youngest son of Tipu Sultan.
Deported to Calcutta in 1806 along with the remainder of his family 7 years after the defeat and death of his father, he was eventually recognised by the Government of India as the official head of the family and successor to his father.[1]
Known as the last surviving son of Tipu Sultan and Knighted in 1870, he died 2 years later, aged 77, of dengue fever.[2]