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Malik ʿAmbar of Ahmadnagar

Ḥabshī ruler

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    • Ḥabshī
      • In Ḥabshī

        …most famous of them was Malik ʿAmbar of Ahmadnagar, who defied the Mughals for many years. Ḥabshī in western India, the Sidis of Janjira, commanded the fleet of the Bijapur sultan and became independent chiefs. They defied the Marathas and in 1670 transferred their allegiance to the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb.…

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    • Mughal India
      • India
        In India: Developments in the Deccan

        Under Jahāngīr the rise of Malik ʿAmbār, a Habshi (Abyssinian) general of unusual ability, at the Ahmadnagar court and his alliance with the ʿĀdil Shāhīs of Bijapur cemented a united front of the Deccan sultanates and initially forced the Mughals to retreat.

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