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| Siege of Golconda (1687) | |||||||||
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| Part of Mughal conquests in the Deccan | |||||||||
&lang=en&file=File:Golconda_Fort_Hyderabad_315.jpg) Modern ruins of the Golconda Fort, which was rebuilt and fortified by Aurangzeb after its conquest in the year 1687 | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
&lang=en&file=File:Alam_of_the_Mughal_Empire.svg){kind=small} Mughal Empire |
&lang=en&file=File:Qutbshahi_Flag.svg){kind=small} Qutb Shahi dynasty | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Aurangzeb Mir Jumla II Kilich Khan † Shaista Khan Ibrahim Khan Dilir Khan Ghazi ud-Din Khan Feroze Jung S/O Khwaja Abid Siddiqi Kilich Khan Bahudur Khalilullah Khan Lutfullah Khan (Mughal Empire) |
Abul Hasan Qutb Shah Muqarrab Khan[1] (defector) Sarandaz Khan[2] (defector) | ||||||||
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90,000 - 120,000 men 240 cannons 50,000 cavalry |
35,000 men 110 cannons 10,000 cavalry | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| 1,000 killed or wounded | 5,000 killed or wounded | ||||||||
The siege of Golconda was a siege of Golconda Fort between the Qutb Shahi dynasty and the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb, occurring in January 1687, lasting 8 months. The fort was home of the Kollur Mine. The Golconda Fort was considered to be an impregnable fort on the Indian subcontinent.[3] At the end of the siege, Aurangzeb and the Mughals entered Golconda victorious.
- ^ Richards, John F. (1995). The Mughal Empire. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521566032. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
- ^ Roy, Kaushik (30 March 2011). War, Culture and Society in Early Modern South Asia, 1740-1849. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9781136790874. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
- ^ Sajjad Shahid (Nov 22, 2011). "Mystic forces of Golconda Fort | Hyderabad News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2022-06-20.
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