Mir Sadiq held the post of a minister in the cabinet

Cabinet (government)

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 of Tipu Sultan

Tipu Sultan

Tipu Sultan , also known as the Tiger of Mysore, was the de facto ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore. He was the son of Hyder Ali, at that time an officer in the Mysorean army, and his second wife, Fatima or Fakhr-un-Nissa...

 of Mysore in India. In the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War

Fourth Anglo-Mysore War

The Fourth Anglo-Mysore War was a war in South India between the Sultanate of Mysore and the British East India Company under the Earl of Mornington....

, he is alleged to have betrayed the sultan by siding with the British

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. He allegedly pulled the Mysorean army from the battlefield for collecting wages in the midst of the battle. This allowed the British forces to storm the boundary wall with little defence, paving the way for a British victory. Sadiq was killed at the Battle of Seringapatam

Battle of Seringapatam

The Siege of Seringapatam was the final confrontation of the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War between the British East India Company and the Kingdom of Mysore. The British achieved a decisive victory after breaching the walls of the fortress at Seringapatam and storming the citadel. Tippu Sultan, Mysore's...

in by dismayed Mysorean troops immediately following the defeat (as he attempted to go over to the British).