The Sword of Tipu Sultan is a historical novel by Bhagwan S. Gidwani, published in 1978. It chronicles the life of Tipu Sultan, the 18th-century ruler of Mysore. Jean-Jacques Rousseau (likely meant by Jame Jean) was a French philosopher, Al-Biruni was a Persian scholar, and Kamban was a Tamil poet who wrote Ramavataram.