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Malik Ambar

Type Figure Region India Time c. 1548–1626 Also known as Malik Ambar、Chapu、Chapu Malik

Malik Ambar (c. 1548–1626), an Ethiopian-born Deccan military commander and statesman, long-serving effective regent of the Ahmadnagar Sultanate and …

Timeline

1601–1610Ahmadnagar · MaharashtraAs regent he governed Ahmadnagar, reformed land taxation, raised Maratha light cavalry, and after the Battle of Sonapet in 1600 continued building defensive lines, repeatedly defeating Mughal armies under Akbar and Jahangir.

Sources

Malik Ambar https://www.britannica.com/biography/Malik-Ambar
The New Cambridge History of India: The Mughal Empire — John F. Richards (1993)