# Tippoo Sahib — The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen character guide

> Tippoo Sahib in The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen by Rudolph Erich Raspe.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Tippoo, the haughty Tippoo Sahib

**First appearance:** 0007-volume-i-iii

## Who they are

The Sultan of Mysore, an antagonist encountered during the Baron's travels.

## In the story

### [The Baron goes to Petersburgh, and converses with the Empress—Persuades the Russians and Turks to cease cutting one another’s throats, and in concert cut a canal across the Isthmus of Suez—The Baron discovers the Alexandrine Library, and meets with Hermes Trismegistus—Besieges Seringapatam, and challenges Tippoo Sahib to single combat—They fight—The Baron receives some wounds to his face, but at last vanquishes the tyrant—The Baron returns to Europe, and raises the hull of the Royal George](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_surprising_adventures_of_baron_munchausen_se/chapters/volume-ii-xxxiii)

Challenged to single combat by the Baron; fights bravely but is defeated and beheaded.

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