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The Ethiopian & Adal Sultanate war had left both states weakened and devastated. The people had been reduced to extreme measures to survive. As a child Malik Ambar was sold into slavery by his parents.
The Ethiopian & Adal Sultanate war had left both states weakened and devastated. The people had been reduced to extreme measures to survive. As a child Malik Ambar was sold into slavery by his parents.
A Dutch merchant describes him as "a black kafir from Abyssinia with a stern Roman face."
He ended up in al-Mukha in Yemen where he was sold for 20 ducats & was then taken to Baghdad where he was finally sold to Mir Qasim al-Baghdadi, who took him to south-central India.
He ended up in al-Mukha in Yemen where he was sold for 20 ducats & was then taken to Baghdad where he was finally sold to Mir Qasim al-Baghdadi, who took him to south-central India.
From slavery Malik Ambar rose through the ranks of the army and became regent of the Nizamshahi dynasty, successfully raising an army of 10,000 Habeshas & 40,000 Deccanis.
Malik Ambar was a pioneer of guerilla warfare in the Deccan region and resisted the powerful Mughals and kept them away from his region, in turn humbling the might of the Mughal & Adil Shah.
Ambar cherished architectural achievement and founded his own city Khadki and it became his crowning achievement.
He is also famous for the Nahr, a canal water supply system that he implemented into the city he founded which was an incredible innovation at the time.
He is also famous for the Nahr, a canal water supply system that he implemented into the city he founded which was an incredible innovation at the time.
Malik Ambar died at the age of 80 in 1626, he had two sons & four daughters. His son Fateh Khan succeeded him and became regent, and his daughters married into Indian nobility.
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