Atlas of Battles

commander, 10 engagements

Battles of Hyder Ali

Battles of Hyder Ali

Military commander, de facto ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore (1720-1782)

Hyder Ali is recorded as a commander at 10 placed engagements in the atlas between 1767 and 1786: 5 battles and 5 sieges, all in present-day India. Taken in date order, the sites lie 2,361 km apart end to end, 262 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Second Anglo-Mysore War (4), Fourth Anglo-Dutch War (1).

Siege of AmburBattle of SaunshiSiege of VelloreSiege of NargundSiege of BadamiBattle of PollilurBattle of Porto NovoBattle of PollilurBattle of SholinghurSiege of NegapatamBattle of PollilurBattle of Porto NovoBattle of PollilurBattle of SholinghurSiege of NegapatamCoimbatoreKozhikodeTiruchirappalliHubballiMysuruSalemMangaluruPuducherryNelloreBelagavi500 km13.343N, 77.608E
10 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1767: 1 engagements1777: 1 engagements1780: 2 engagements1781: 4 engagements4 in 17811785: 1 engagements1786: 1 engagements17671786
10 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Siege of Ambur, 1767Battle of Saunshi, 1777Siege of Vellore, 1780Battle of Pollilur, 1780Battle of Porto Novo, 1781Battle of Pollilur, 1781Battle of Sholinghur, 1781Siege of Negapatam, 1781Siege of Nargund, 1785Siege of Badami, 178617671786
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1767Siege of AmburAmbur, IndiaBritish victory
1777Battle of SaunshiGajendragarh, India440 km NWMysorean victory
1780Siege of VelloreVellore, India461 km SEBritish victory
1780Battle of PollilurPullalur, India62 km EMysorean victory
1 July 1781Battle of Porto NovoParangipettai, India164 km SBritish victory
27 August 1781Battle of PollilurPullalur, India164 km NBritish victory
1781Battle of SholinghurSholinghur, India35 km NWBritish victory
21 October 1781Siege of NegapatamNagapattinam, India266 km SBritish victory
February 1785Siege of NargundNargund Fort, India732 km NWMysore victory
1 May 1786Siege of BadamiBadami, India38 km NESee Aftermath

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, user:Anetode, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.