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Siege of Jinji
| Siege of Jinji | |||||||||
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| Part of Deccan Wars | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
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Mughal Empire Madurai Nayaks Dynasty | Maratha Empire | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Zulfikar Khan Ganoji Shirke Dalpatrao Bundela Asad Khan Daud Khan Swarup Singh Mehboob Khan Fatah Muhammad Muhammad Kam Bakhsh Feroze Jung I Ali Raja Mangammal |
Rajaram I Shivaji II Tarabai Santaji Ghorpade Dhanaji Jadhav Ramchandra Pant Amatya Bahirji Ghorpade Raja Karna Nagoji Mane Rudraji Salvi Girjoji Yadav | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
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20,000 Sepoys 5,000 Sowar and Zamburak 60 Cannons 2,000 Matchlocks 150 War elephants | 7,000–8,000 infantry[1] | ||||||||
The Siege of Jinji (September 1690–January 1698) began when Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb sent Zulfiqar Ali Khan to capture the Maratha-held Jinji Fort after they killed 300 Mughal troops in the Carnatic. Ghazi ud-Din Khan was tasked with securing supply routes and reinforcing Zulfiqar Ali Khan. Rani Mangammal of the Madurai Nayak dynasty also assisted in the siege, which became the longest in Mughal history, lasting eight years.It was fought in four phases in first three phase Marathas were able to defend the fort defeating the Mughals but in 4th and final Phase the fort fell.[2][3]
Reference[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Mughal Warfare: Indian Frontiers and Highroads to Empire 1500–1700 By J.J.L. Gommans, p.192 [1]
- ↑ "Mughal Empire 1526-1707 by Sanderson Beck". www.san.beck.org. Archived from the original on 2024-11-09. Retrieved 2024-11-09.
- ↑ Jaques, Tony (2006-11-30). Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: A Guide to 8,500 Battles from Antiquity Through the Twenty-first Century [3 Volumes]. Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 978-0-313-33536-5.