Deccan Political Reorganization after the Fall of Ahmadnagar (around 1620)

Timeline

1. 1620–1621Deccan Plateau · Deccan PlateauMughal emperor Jahangir sent princes and armies south, attempting to fully annex the surviving Deccan states twenty years after Ahmadnagar's fall, but was checked by Malik Ambar's guerrilla tactics and strong defenses.
2. 1621–1624Junnar (new capital) · MaharashtraMalik Ambar implemented land reforms, trained Maratha light cavalry, built fortresses such as Naldurg, and formed an anti-Mughal alliance with Bijapur and Golconda, restoring military initiative to the nominally weakened Nizam Shahi regime in the 1620s.
3. 1624Bijapur · KarnatakaMughal princes Parvez and Kuram (Shah Jahan) failed to take Bijapur by siege; the Deccan triple alliance successfully repelled the main Mughal force, allowing Ahmadnagar to survive through the 1620s until its final conquest by Shah Jahan in 1636.