Mir Sadiq

In the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War in 1798–99, he betrayed Tipu Sultan during the Siege of Srirangapatana, paving the way for a British victory. During the siege, although the invading English troops were starving, Sadiq withdrew his troops, allowing the British to commence their attack on the fort.{{cite book |last1=Hasan |first1=Mohibbul |title=History of Tipu Sultan |date=1971 |publisher=THE WORLD PRESS PRIVATE LTD |location=Calcutta |page=313}} He betrayed Tipu, killing Tipu loyalist Ghazi Khan and later arranged to have Tipu trapped behind locked doors.{{cite book | last=Sunderlal | first=Pandit | title=How India Lost Her Freedom | publisher=SAGE Publications | year=2018 | isbn=978-93-5280-642-3 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E4lIDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA364 | access-date=20 January 2022 | page=364}} Sadiq was killed by some of the dismayed Mysorean troops immediately following the defeat as he attempted to go over to welcome the British.{{cite web|title=Kingdom of Mysore|url=http://www.lib.mq.edu.au/digital/seringapatam/mysoreans.html|website=lib.mq.edu.au|access-date=5 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140311110226/http://www.lib.mq.edu.au/digital/seringapatam/mysoreans.html|archive-date=11 March 2014}}

Following his death, Sadiq's body was mutilated, exhumed and defiled for over two weeks by the angered general public, including women and children, dismayed at his betrayal of Tipu Sultan,{{citation needed|date=October 2023}} forcing the administration to impose "strong measures". Even today, tourists pelt the spot where Mir Sadiq was killed. {{cite book |last1=Mohibbul |first1=Hasan |title=History of Tipu Sultan |date=1971 |publisher=THE WORLD PRESS PRIVATE LTD |location=Calcutta |page=328-329 |edition=2nd}}{{page needed|date=October 2023}}

Mir Sadiq's mausoleum, also located in Srirangapatna, has regularly been assaulted by shoes thrown by visitors over the years.{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiJE46h28Dg |title=Real Grave of Mir Sadiq and Ghulam Ali {{!}} टिपु सुल्तान के गद्दार |publisher=The Tiger of Mysore |via=YouTube}}{{cite web |title=Who Was Mir Sadiq? {{!}}{{!}} Why Do People Throw Shoes On The Grave of Mir Sadiq? {{!}}{{!}} Story Of Traitor |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ss3u2MSMrxU |via=YouTube}} Presently, it is in a severe state of disrepair, rarely visited, {{cite web |title=Real Grave of Mir Sadiq and Ghulam Ali {{!}} टिपु सुल्तान के गद्दार |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiJE46h28Dg |via=YouTube}} and its lands have been encroached. {{cite web |title=Recalling the forgotten legacy of Mir Sadiq |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/2010/sep/16/recalling-the-forgotten-legacy-of-mir-sadiq-187276.html#:~:text=Mir%20Sadiq's%20body%20was%20also,are%20under%20the%20Waqf%20Board. |work=The New Indian Express}}

Muhammad Iqbal, the notable poet of Indian subcontinent, had condemned Mir Jafar and Mir Sadiq as follows:{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kmXVAAAAMAAJ&q=Mir+Jaffar%E2%80%93e%E2%80%93Bengal,+o+Mir+Sadiq%E2%80%93e%E2%80%93Deccan.+iqbal |title=The Pakistan Review |publisher=Ferozsons Limited |year=1967 |edition=Volume 15 |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Ali |first=Mubarak |date=2022-05-20 |title=Why Mir Jafar and Mir Sadiq are vilified in Pakistan's political discourse |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1690133 |access-date=2023-01-23 |website=DAWN.COM |language=en}}

{{blockquote|{{lang|fa|{{Nastaliq|جافر از بنگال، و صادق از دکن
ننگِ آدم، ننگِ دین، ننگِ وطن}}}}}}

Translation:

{{blockquote|Jafar of Bengal and Sadiq of the Deccan:
A stigma on humanity, on religion, and the country.}}

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