Yakut Khan

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{{Infobox King
|name=Qasim Yakut Khan
|title=First King Of [[Janjira State]]
|image=Flag of Janjira.svg
|caption=Flag Of Janjira State
|birth_name=[[Patil (title)|Patil]] Of [[Guhagar]]
|birth_place=[[Guhagar]]
|death_date=1733
|full name=Qasim Yakut Khan Patil
|father=[[Patil (title)|Patil]] Of [[Guhagar]]
|occupation=[[Jagirdar]] Of [[Janjira State]], [[Admiral]] Of [[Mughal Navy]]
|religion=[[Muslims|Muslim]]
}}
'''Qasim Yakut Khan''' also known as '''Yakut Shaikhji''', '''Yakub Khan''' and '''Sidi Yaqub''' was a naval [[Admiral]] and administrator of [[Murud-Janjira|Janjira]] Fort who first served under [[Bijapur Sultanate]] and later under the [[Mughal Empire]].<ref name="Deccan 1996">The African dispersal in the Deccan: from medieval to modern times, By Shanti Sadiq Ali, Published by Orient Blackswan, 1996,Public Domain, {{ISBN|81-250-0485-8}}, {{ISBN|978-81-250-0485-1}}</ref>

== Family ==
He was born into a [[Koli people|Koli]] family which was [[Patil (title)|Patil]] of [[Guhagar]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YzkKAQAAIAAJ|title=The Indian Historical Quarterly (see page 234)|date=1985|publisher=Ramanand Vidya Bhawan|language=en}}</ref> He was jailed at a young age and later grew up in a [[Siddi]] [[Muslim]] family. There, he got his new name as Qasim Khan and after becoming admiral of the Mughal navy, he was titled Yakut Khan by Emperor Alamgir.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UU1uAAAAMAAJ&q=Koli|title=Bajirao I: an outstanding cavalry general|last1=Palsokar|first1=R. D.|last2=Reddy|first2=T. Rabi|date=1995|publisher=Reliance Pub. House|isbn=9788185972947}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-3CPc22nMqIC&pg=PA174|title=The African Dispersal in the Deccan: From Medieval to Modern Times|last=Ali|first=Shanti Sadiq|year=1996|publisher=Orient Blackswan|isbn=9788125004851}}</ref>

== History ==
In October 1672, Khan entered the [[seven islands of Bombay]] and attacked the [[Marathas]] with whom they were at war. Khan returned the following year, on 10 October 1673, after destroying the towns of [[Pen, Maharashtra|Pen]] and [[Nagothane]].<ref name="IndianAfrican">{{cite book|last= Yimene|first=Ababu Minda|title=An African Indian Community in Hyderabad: Siddi Identity, Its Maintenance and Change|publisher=Cuvillier Verlag|pages=204|isbn=978-3-86537-206-2|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DigPvwHTqJ4C|year=2004}}</ref>

Yakut Khan, along with '''Siddi Khariyat Khan''' & '''Siddi Sambal''', had earlier saved the [[Portuguese people|Portuguese]] from the [[Marathas]] left by [[Sambhaji]] at [[Chaul]]. In return, they enjoyed a cordial relationship in the otherwise tense political climate.<ref name="IndianAfrican" />

In 1689, the [[Mughal Empire|Mughal Emperor]] [[Aurangzeb]] ordered Khan to attack [[Bombay]] for the third time after Indian vessels sailing to [[Surat]] were captured in 1686 ([[Child's War]]). In April 1689, the strong Mughal fleet from [[Janjira State|Janjira]] commanded by the Sidi Yaqub and crewed by [[Mappila]] and [[Habesha people|Abyssinians]] laid siege to the [[Fort George, Bombay|British fortification]] to the south.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QKJg1dQsk7oC&q=Yakub+Khan+Koli&pg=PA443|title=Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency ...|last=State)|first=Bombay (India|date=1883|publisher=Government Central Press|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-3CPc22nMqIC&q=Yakut+Khan+Koli&pg=PA174|title=The African Dispersal in the Deccan: From Medieval to Modern Times|last=Ali|first=Shanti Sadiq|date=1996|publisher=Orient Blackswan|isbn=9788125004851|language=en}}</ref><ref name="google2">{{cite book|title=Aurangzeb & his times|author=Faruki, Z.|date=1935|publisher=Idarah-i Adabiyāt-i Delli|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vvNtAAAAMAAJ}}</ref>

After a year of resistance, the English surrendered, and in 1690 the British governor [[Sir John Child, 1st Baronet|Sir John Child]] appealed to [[Aurangzeb]]. In February 1690, the Mughals agreed to halt the attack in return for 150,000 rupees (over a billion USD at 2008 conversion rates) and Child's dismissal.<ref name="iexpress" /> Child's untimely death in 1690 however, resulted in him escaping the ignominy of being sacked.<ref name="omprakash">{{cite book|last=Prakash|first=Om|title=European Commercial Enterprise in Pre-colonial India|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=1987|isbn=978-0-521-25758-9|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hciTRYbE27gC}}</ref>

Enraged at the agreement, he withdrew his forces on 8 June 1690 after razing the Mazagaon Fort.<ref name="iexpress">{{cite news|url=http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=47106|title=Mazgaon fort was blown to pieces – 313 years ago|last= Nandgaonkar|first=Satish|date=2003-03-22|work=[[Indian Express]]|publisher=[[Express Group]]|access-date=2008-09-20}}</ref>

Later, the ''[[Ganj-i-Sawai]]'' and other Mughal vessels, were captured by the pirates [[Henry Every]] and [[Thomas Tew]].<ref>Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World</ref>{{full|date=January 2019}} One of the Maratha forts was captured after he granted amnesty to the garrison. The captured men were killed.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20180711014647/http://voiceofdharma.org/books/imwat/ch4.htm#55a Growth under the Mughals] ''India Muslims: Who Are They?''</ref>

Khan died in 1733.<ref name="IndianAfrican" />
== See also ==
* [[List of Koli people]]
* [[List of Koli states and clans]]

==References==
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