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'''Munnawar Khan''' ({{lang-fa|منور خان}}; d. 1671) was a [[Mughal Empire]] admiral during the reign of Emperor [[Aurangzeb]].

==Biography==
Khan was born to a [[Muslim]] family in the city of [[Agra]]. He entered service during the rule of [[Mughal Emperor]] [[Aurangzeb]], during the conquest of [[Golconda]], he first started his naval training by protecting Mughal supply routes in narrow and difficult rivers, he was also promoted as the chief [[admiral]] in the [[Bay of Bengal]], he visited [[Janjira State|Janjira]] on several occasions. Munnawar Khan was sent on a campaign in the [[Brahmaputra]] [[River]] against the [[Ahoms]] in [[Assam]] along with the talented [[Muhammad Saleh Kamboh]], they built [[trade]] [[Cog (ship)|cog]] sized [[Dhows]] some with artillery, archers and musketeers under five [[Sardars]] (admirals), during the [[Battle of Saraighat]]. But the Mughal fleet was outnumbered by 3300 [[Ahom kingdom|Ahom]] war-canoes. Munnawar Khan was killed by a deadly arrow which struck his backbone, throwing the Mughals out of gear. They suffered the loss of three top-ranking [[Amirs]], and another 4000 dead on that fatal day in 1671.

However, Mughal Admiral [[Muhammad Saleh Kamboh]] survived and wrote an account on that tragic encounter against the [[Ahoms]], he noted:

''Although much weaker, the Ahom army defeated the Mughal army by brilliant uses of the terrain, clever diplomatic negotiations to buy time, guerrilla tactics, psychological warfare, military intelligence and by exploiting the sole weakness of the Mughal forces—its navy.''

==See also==
*[[Mughal weapons]]
*[[Aurangzeb]]
*[[Mir Jumla II]]

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