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Girish Karnad's play uses four of the 37 dreams for his play: Dream 9, Dream 10, Dream 13 and fourth one as having victory over the British. Mir Hussain Ali Khan Kirmani (active 1781-1802), who wrote "History of Tipu Sultan: Being a Continuation of The Neshani Hyduri" (an English Translation appeared
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The Jordanian scholars Khawaldeh and Neimneh conclude in an article that "what Karnad wishes to achieve, through this counter-historical theatrical project, is to dismantle the image of the ruthless and unprincipled 'Other' propagated by British historians, dramatists, and performers by creating or
58:. In this text, Tipu Sultan recorded some of his dreams from 1785 to 1798. Several of the dreams are about defeating the unbelievers, the Marathas and the Nazarenes (i.e, the English), and visions of the Prophet, the companions of the Prophet and Islamic sages. 35:. The play has been performed many times by different groups around the world but mostly in India and Pakistan. The story follows the last days as well as the historic moments in the life of the Ruler of 256: 251: 88:
Collected Plays: Taledanda, the Fire and the Rain, the Dreams of Tipu Sultan, Flowers and Images: Two Dramatic Monologues: Flowers : Broken Images, Vol. 2
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The Dreams of Tipu Sultan, Tr. Mahmud Husain, Pakistan Historical Society Publications, 1957
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manuscript written by Tipu Sultan in his own handwriting and preserved in the
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even recreating an alternative humane and noble character of Tipu Sultan."
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History of Tipu Sultan by Khan, Hussain Ali Kirmani; Miles, W., 1864
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Arab World English Journal for Translation and Literary Studies
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in 1864), is also a character in Girish Karnad's play.
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Kannada
Girish Karnad
Mysore
Tipu Sultan
Farsi
India Office Library
Tipu Sultan
ISBN
978-0-19-567311-1
"Subaltern Historiography: Girish Karnad’s Dreams of Tipu Sultan"
The Dreams of Tipu Sultan, Tr. Mahmud Husain, Pakistan Historical Society Publications, 1957
History of Tipu Sultan by Khan, Hussain Ali Kirmani; Miles, W., 1864
"Reclaiming the Lost Hero in Girish Karnad's The Dreams of Tipu Sultan"
doi
10.24093/awejtls/vol1no3.1
The Dreams of Tipu Sultan
Categories
Indian plays
Kannada literature
Plays set in the 18th century
Plays based on actual events
History of Mysore
History of India in fiction
Plays set in India
Plays based on real people
Cultural depictions of male monarchs
Cultural depictions of Indian people
1997 plays

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