Alliance of the Indian powers
Tipu realized that the true intentions of the colonials were to reduce every Indian ruler
to the position of a pensioned Raja or a Nawab. Tipu desired to form an alliance of the
Indian powers to resist the expansion of British authority, but his neighbours were all
lost in their self-interest. Neither the Maratha's nor the Nizam responded to his call.
Disappointed in his efforts, he turned to the French, the Turks and the Afghans. His
efforts bore such good fruits that Napolean actually moved from France and came as far as
Syria, where he was defeated and forced back to France. Likewise,
Zaman Shah came as far as Lahore from Kabul, but he too was forced to beat a hasty
retreat, as the English engineered a rear action on his territory by exciting Iran to fall
on Afghanistan. As for the Turks, they could not help because of the Russian threat on
their empire. But Tipu did not leave any stone unturned to liberate the land from foreign
control
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