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'''Mir Jumla''' (1591-1663) was a subedar of Bengal under [[Aurangzeb]]. His name was originally Mir Muhammad Said. |
'''Mir Jumla''' ([[1591]]-[[1663]]), Iranian, was a subedar of Bengal under [[Aurangzeb]]. His name was originally Mir Muhammad Said. |
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Mir Jumla had an interesting career. He came to South India and took service with the Sultan of Golconda |
Mir Jumla had an interesting career. He came to South India and took service with the Sultan of Golconda and rose to through the ranks to become the ''wazir'' (Prime Minister). He attacked Karnataka and acquired immense wealth. He came under the protection of Aurangzeb, then the sultan of Deccan. Mir Jumla pursued Shah Shuja for Aurangzeb in [[1660]] during the war of succession till Dhaka, as Shuja escaped to the Arakans. Mir Jumla remained in Dhaka as Aurangzeb's viceroy of Bengal. |
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Mir Jumla took 12,000 cavalry, 30,000 infantry, and a fleet of 323 ships and boats up river towards Assam—the naval contingent comprised Portuguese, English, and Dutch sailors. The Mughal advanced up to the Ahom capital Garhgaon and captured it. The rainy season inundated the roads and the nightly guerilla attacks by Ahom forces cut off all logistic routes. The Mughal forces were reduced to two-third its original size, and the Mughal commander thought it prudent to enter into the [[Treaty of Ghilajharighat]], and retreat from Gurhgaon. He died on his way back on [[March 30]], [[1663]] due to a high fever. |
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Aurangzeb had defeated his brother Shuja in the Battle of Khajwa and had appointed the Persian adventurer Mir Jumla as his viceroy of Bengal. |
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Mir Jumla took 12,000 cavalry, 30,000 infantry, and a fleet of 323 ships and boats up river towards Assam—the naval contingent comprised Portuguese, English, and Dutch sailors. After some initial success the Mughal advance was halted by a severe epidemic in the land. Both sides suffered from it—Mir Jumla himself contracted a raging fever. The desertions were growing on the Ahom side and at last Raja Jayadhwaj proposed peace. The Mughals annexed the land up to the Bharali River and Mir Jumla retreated to Dacca by boat, dying on the way from high fever. |
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==External links== |
==External links== |
Revision as of 01:03, 7 June 2006
Mir Jumla (1591-1663), Iranian, was a subedar of Bengal under Aurangzeb. His name was originally Mir Muhammad Said.
Mir Jumla had an interesting career. He came to South India and took service with the Sultan of Golconda and rose to through the ranks to become the wazir (Prime Minister). He attacked Karnataka and acquired immense wealth. He came under the protection of Aurangzeb, then the sultan of Deccan. Mir Jumla pursued Shah Shuja for Aurangzeb in 1660 during the war of succession till Dhaka, as Shuja escaped to the Arakans. Mir Jumla remained in Dhaka as Aurangzeb's viceroy of Bengal.
Mir Jumla took 12,000 cavalry, 30,000 infantry, and a fleet of 323 ships and boats up river towards Assam—the naval contingent comprised Portuguese, English, and Dutch sailors. The Mughal advanced up to the Ahom capital Garhgaon and captured it. The rainy season inundated the roads and the nightly guerilla attacks by Ahom forces cut off all logistic routes. The Mughal forces were reduced to two-third its original size, and the Mughal commander thought it prudent to enter into the Treaty of Ghilajharighat, and retreat from Gurhgaon. He died on his way back on March 30, 1663 due to a high fever.
External links
- Mir Jumla from banglapedia.net