Siege of Wagingera
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Siege of Wagingera | |||||||
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Mughal Empire | Bedars | ||||||
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Pedda Pidia Nayak | |||||||
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Total:40,000 | Total:9,000 |
During the final Siege of Wagingera, the
Siege
With the arrival of Zulfiqar Khan Nusrat Jung the Bedars were now hard pressed. The siege weapons were pushed forward to the fort, and on the day appointed for the assault, Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb mounted his horse to take part therein, and took his position at a cannon-shot distance from the fort. The enemy was overpowered, and some positions were captured. Being greatly dispirited,
The conflagration in the fort and the cessation of the firing made the Mughals aware of their flight. A party of men entered, and found only disabled and wounded persons who were unable to fly. On the 14th day of
Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb bestowed upon
Aftermath
A plaque embedded on the wall to the entrance of the fort reads in Persian:
By command of the emperor, defender of faith, Abul Muzaffar Muhy-ud-Din Muhammad Aurangzeb Alamgir, king, conqueror of the universe, may Allah preserve his country forever.
- signifying the fall of the fort in 1705.[5]
By now the elderly Emperor was exhausted and returned to Ahmednagar on January 31, 1706. The siege of Wagingera would be his last battle. He died in 1707 and was succeeded by his son Bahadur Shah I.[1]
See also
- Zulfiqar Khan Nusrat Jung
- Asaf Jah I
References
- ^ a b Kulkarni, G. T. (1983). The Mughal-Maratha Relations: Twenty Five Fateful Years, 1682-1707. Department of History, Deccan College Post-Graduate Research Institute. p. 250.
- ^ Srivastava, Ashirbadi Lal (1964). The Mughal Empire, 1526-1803 A.D. Shiva Lal Agarwala. p. 363.
- ISBN 978-81-207-4074-7.
- ^ Society, Bihar Research (1923). The Journal of the Bihar Research Society. pp. 354–366.
- ISBN 978-81-7648-234-9.