Battle of Bhatvadi
The Battle of Bhatvadi (also Bhatavadi or Bhatwadi) was fought in 1624, near modern Bhatodi Pargaon village in Maharashtra, India. The Ahmadnagar army led by Malik Ambar defeated a combined Mughal-Bijapur force led by the Bijapuri general Mullah Muhammad Lari.
| Battle of Bhatvadi | |||||||
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| Part of Mughal invasion of Deccan | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Ahmadnagar Sultanate |
Bijapur Sultanate Mughal Empire Golconda Sultanate[1] | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Malik Ambar Shahaji Sarfoji †[2] |
Mullah Muhammad Lari † Ikhlas Khan (POW)[3] Lashkar Khan (POW)[4] Farhad Khan  [5]Randaula Khan (WIA)[6] Lakhuji Jadhav[7] | ||||||
  Bhatvadi Location of Bhatvadi in India  Bhatvadi Bhatvadi (Maharashtra) | |||||||
Malik Ambar's army was being pursued by the allied forces, when he took shelter at a fortified complex near Bhatvadi. He then breached a dam to cause flooding that prevented the allied cavalry from approaching his camp. Meanwhile, disagreements between various generals and heavy rains added to the chaos in the Mughal-Bijapur camp. Taking advantage of this situation, Malik Ambar attacked the allied camp, and achieved a decisive victory, imprisoning several Bijapuri and Mughal generals. Muhammad Lari was killed, possibly on the orders of the rival Bijapuri general Ikhlas Khan.
The generals of the Ahmadnagar army included Shahaji, whose son Shivaji subsequently established a kingdom that evolved into the Maratha Empire. The Maratha records portray the battle of Bhatvadi as an auspicious omen signaling the rise of the Maratha power.
- ↑ Tamaskar, B. g (1978). The Life and Work Of Malik Ambar. Delhi., Idarah-i Adabiyat-i.
- ↑ Tamaskar, B. g (1978). The Life and Work Of Malik Ambar. Delhi., Idarah-i Adabiyat-i.
- ↑ Tamaskar, B. g (1978). The Life and Work Of Malik Ambar. Delhi., Idarah-i Adabiyat-i.
- ↑ Tamaskar, B. g (1978). The Life and Work Of Malik Ambar. Delhi., Idarah-i Adabiyat-i.
- ↑ Tamaskar, B. g (1978). The Life and Work Of Malik Ambar. Delhi., Idarah-i Adabiyat-i.
- ↑ Tamaskar, B. g (1978). The Life and Work Of Malik Ambar. Delhi., Idarah-i Adabiyat-i.
- ↑ Tamaskar, B. g (1978). The Life and Work Of Malik Ambar. Delhi., Idarah-i Adabiyat-i.