External
Relations
Tipu's external relations aimed at seeking support of foreign powers for a concerted
action against the English, whose commercial company had become the most dominating
political authority in India. His embassies to distant places like
Paris and Constantinople, his numerous letters to France & Turkey, his invitation to
Zaman Shah of Afghanistan to rescue the Moghals from English hand & his correspondence
with Napoleon, were also focussed on the single point of his confrontation with the
English. Even if such contacts did not bear good political results,
he would at least have the satisfaction of promoting the trade & commerce of his
country. |
