The Sword of Tipu Sultan and Wootz Steel
The Sword of Tipu Sultan and Wootz Steel
The Sword of Tipu Sultan and Wootz Steel: Tipu Sultan, who ruled Mysore till 1799, fought four wars with the British and died fighting with his sword in his hand. Tipu’s legendary swords are now part of valuable collections in museums in England. The sword had an incredibly hard and sharp edge that could easily rip through the opponent’s armour. This quality of the sword came from a special type of high carbon steel called Wootz which was produced all over south India. Wootz steel when made into sword produced a very sharp edge with a flowing water pattern. This pattern came from very small carbon crystals embedded in the iron. Francis Buchanan who toured through Mysore in 1800, a very after Tipu Sultan’s death, has left us an account of the technique by which Wootz steel was produced in many hundreds of smelting furnaces in Mysore. In these furnaces, iron was mixed with charcoal and put inside small clay pots. Through an intricate control of temperatures the smelters produced steel ingots that were used for sword making. Wootz is an anglicised version of the Kannada word Ukku, Telugu hukku and Tamil and Malayalam urukku- meaning steel. Indian Wootz steel fascinated European scientists. Michael faraday, the legendary scientist and discoverer of electricity and electromagnetism, spent four years studying the properties of Indian Wootz (1818-22).years studying the properties of Indian Wootz (1818-22).
Tipu's sword made in the late 18th century.
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