Tipu ordered that ‘40,000 captives, unhappy families of the Koorg country and other parts of the Mallabar Coast are to be circumcised [converted].’

Sarkar, Jadunath (ed.), The Allies War with Tipu Sultan: 1790–93, Vol. 3 (Bombay: Government Press, n.d.), Letter #51. Yvon to Malet, dated 31 December 1789, p. 48.Vikram Sampath - Tipu - The Saga of Mysore's Interregnum (2024)