Paintings and artefacts related to Tipu Sultan, the erstwhile South Indian ruler of the kingdom of Mysore, have enjoyed much admiration all over; be it Victoria & Albert Museum in London or Sotheby’s. Come September and the Museum of Islamic Art, Doha, will play host to The Tiger’s Dream: Tipu Sultan, an exhibition that explores the life and times of the controversial statesman. The exhibition, which opens on September 29th 2014 and will go on till January 24, 2015, is drawn entirely from the MIA collection and features several objects which have never been displayed in Qatar.

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