Sarvadhikari

Tipu Sultan, Sarvadhikari of Mysore, who was appointed this position, 2 January 1783.

Sarvādhikārī is a title with diverse uses in India, including:

an old title for the Chief minister of a southern Indian ruler, notably of:
- under the Western Ganga Dynasty's Maharaja Dharma of Talakad (in modern Karnataka state), heading a cabinet which further included the Sandhivigrahi (Minister for war and peace), the Dandanayaka, the Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces, Srikaranadhikari (minister of Finance and Revenue), Manemagatine or Manevergade (Steward of the Royal household) and Hiriyabhandari (in charge of accounts and keeping of records); sometimes, the Purohita too found a place in this Council of Ministers, advising in matters of religion
- under the Hoysala dynasty, which succeeded the Ganga, he was still member of the council of five ministers (Pancha Pradhanas), consisting of Sandhivigrahi (Minister for External Affairs), Srikaranadhikari (Head of the State Secretariat), Hiranyabhandhari (Minister of the Treasury), Senadhipati (Head of the Army) and Mahapasayata (Head of the Royal Establishment).
- the hereditary Maharaja of Mysore; this was the office Tipu Sultan succeeded his father Hyder Ali to before he abused it to usurp the throne and established his short-lived radical Muslim empire called Khudadad.
superintendent, e.g. of a camp
general manager of an enterprise

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