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in 1624 mugal Emperor jungar received
word of yet another defeat at the hands
of his greatest enemy Malik Amar despite
coming to India as an enslaved youth
Amar had risen to rule over the Indian
sultanate of
amagar and His Brilliant military
tactics had brought the mul's march of
Conquest to a screeching halt jungar was
so obsessed with defeating his rival
he'd commissioned a painting of himself
shooting an arrow at amar's
skull Malik Amar was born in the late
1540s in central Ethiopia as chapu a
member of the aromo people every year as
part of ongoing conflicts with their
neighbors aromo youth were among the
thousands of Ethiopians captured and
sold into the Indian Ocean slave trade
in this part of the World enslaved
individuals retained some legal rights
and enslavers could be held accountable
for severe mistreatment there was also
less legal discrimination against
previously enslaved people allowing some
individuals who gained their freedom to
acquire great wealth and
power however these circumstances
shouldn't overshadow the trauma of
enslavement which violently severed
individuals from their lives and loved
ones around the age of 12 chapu was
among those taken into bondage captives
were typically shipped to the Middle
East or South Asia women were sold into
sexual slavery as concubines were forced
to become domestic servants a position
in which they often had to endure
harassment and sexual violence men were
either purchased for Dangerous physical
labor or by wealthy individuals who
trained them to become Servants of the
political and Military Elite chapu was
part of the latter group he was taken to
Baghdad where he was educated in in
Arabic among other subjects and
converted to Islam before being resold
to the Chief Minister of amagar the
minister himself was a formerly enslaved
African but after being freed he'd risen
through the ranks becoming second in
command to the sultan himself chapu now
known as Malik Amar became the chief
Minister's Protege observing him advise
the sultan enact policies and navigate
Court politics after The Minister's
death his widow Grant amar's freedom and
like many newly freed Africans in India
at the time Amar became a mercenary
Soldier amagar was frequently under
attack from mugal Invaders who were
determined to expand their empire but
umar's daring Guerilla tactics derailed
The Invader Plans by interrupting mile
supply lines umar's military success
earned him a following and in 1600 he
used his influence to take advantage of
a royal power vacuum after placing a
young puppet ruler on the throne Umar
became the Regent and new chief minister
he also married his daughter to the new
Sultan creating a direct tie to the
royal family not all parties were
pleased with amar's power grab and the
new Sultan eventually conspired to
remove Amar from power but before these
plans could take form both conspirators
were mysteriously poisoned the Sultan's
5-year-old son was the placed on the
throne giving Malik Amar a once enslaved
EXs Soldier complete political economic
and Military control over
amagar Umar remained in power for over
25 years bringing long-term stability to
the embattled region he built a new
capital city negotiated trade deals with
Indian and European merchants and
reformed the tax system to better
protect peasants but most importantly he
continued to foil the m
Invasion his ragtag army of local
Indians enslaved and newly freed
Africans was religiously and ethnically
diverse yet they were United by umar's
leadership and he made up for his lack
of numbers by launching lightning
attacks that demoralized and exhausted
the mugal troops long before they
reached the
battlefield jealous of amar's success
and popularity some of his enemies
accused him of maintaining power through
sorcery or devil worship others
begrudgingly acknowledged his piety
generosity and Military
genius regardless very few ever
outmaneuvered him Malik Amar died of
natural causes in 1626 leaving amagar to
his son who was unable to maintain his
father's military record just 7 years
later the sultanate finally fell to the
mugal forces heralding the fall of the
Kingdom Amar had risen to
lead
who was behind This ferocious and
seemingly Unstoppable Mughal Empire
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