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also captured part of
Ahamadnagar
and
occupied few strong
forts like Daulatabad,
Ahmednagar,
Burhanpur
and
Asirgarh. It is to be
noted that Akbar was
able to consolidate
his
success
in
Deccan as he was
adversary in Malik
Ambar, the wazir of
Ahmednagar
who
was superior to them
in military skill. Malik
Ambar
improved
the
economy
of
Ahmednagar, trained
Maratha
soldiers
in guerilla warfare,
fought
aggressive
of the Deccan or
force them to accept
the suzerainty of the
emperor. He was a
capable commander
and understood the
politics of the Deccan
well. The death of
Malik Ambar gave
him good chance
to
put
pressure
careful enough to
normalize the chaos
in the captured areas.
He never kept on
annexing. He annexed
because
he
felt
political conditions in
those areas would be
troublesome to the
mughals and also the
need to supress the
portuguese.
wars against the
Mughals and during
the early period of
the reign of Jahangir
recovered the fort
of
Ahmednagar
and
some
other
territory of the state
of Ahmednagar from
the Mughals. During
Jahangir›s reign there
was no territorial gain
by the Mughals.
on
Ahmednagar
and
eventually
Ahmednagar
was
annexed
to
the
Mughal
Empire.
Aurangzeb,
when
appointed as governor
of the Deccan for the
second time in 1652
A.D., he pressurized
Golconda because it
had failed to pay the
annual tribute to the
Mughals. Aurangzeb
captured Hyderabad
and besieged the
Golconda fort. But
before
he
could
capture it he received
Jahangir tried to follow
Akbar›s policy in the
Deccan, but could
not do so because of
his preoccupations
elsewhere. Moreover,
they had a formidable
Aurangazeb:The
Viceroy of Deccan:
Shah
Jahan
also
attempted either to
annex the kingdoms
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