Author

Publication

2016 - Oxford University Press, Incorporated

Language

English

Word Count

44,000 words, Guess

Page Count

176 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Better World Books9780190269784
  • Open LibraryOL28580193M

Classifications

  • LCCDS461.9.M25A45 2016
  • LCCDS461.9.M25 A45 2016

Description

Part of The World in aLife series, this brief, inexpensive text provides insight into the life of slave soldier Malik Ambar. Malik Ambar: Power and Slavery across the Indian Ocean offers a rare look at an individual who began in obscurity in eastern Africa and reached the highest levels of South Asian political and military affairs in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. Ambar's rise from slavery in East Africa to ruler in South Asia sheds light on the diverse mix of people, products, and practices that shaped the Indian Ocean world during the early modern period. Originally from Ethiopia--historically called Abyssinia--Ambar is best known for having defended the Deccan from being occupied by the Mughals during the first quarter of the seventeenth century. His ingenuity as a military leader, his diplomatic skills, and his land-reform policies contributed to his success in keeping the Deccan free of Mughal imperial rule.

Subjects

Topics

HistoryAfricansMarshalsEmployeesBiography954.8025092Deccan (india)

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