Mir Jumla II

For other people named Mir Jumla, see Mir Jumla (disambiguation).

'Mu'azzam Khan
Khan-i-Khanan
Sipahsalar
Yar-i-Wafahdar
Mir Jumla II
Nawab
14th Grand Vizier of the Mughal Empire
In office
April 1656 – 1657
BadshahAurangzeb
Preceded bySaadullah Khan
Succeeded byJafar Khan
23rd Subahdar of Bengal
In office
9 May 1660 – 30 March 1663
BadshahAurangzeb
Preceded byShah Shuja
Succeeded byShaista Khan
Personal details
Born12 February 1591
Isfahan, Safavid Iran
Died30 March 1663(1663-03-30) (aged 72)
Mankachar, Ahom Kingdom
ChildrenMuhammad Amin Khan
Religious affiliationIslam
Military service
Allegiance Golconda Sultanate (1637–1655)
Mughal Empire (1656–1663)
Branch/serviceArmy of the Mughal Empire
Battles/warsBattle of Khajwa
Battle of Kaliabor
Paugla Pool from the River (1817) by Sir Charles D'Oyly. This bridge was known to be constructed in 1660 AD by Mir Jumla.

Mir Jumla II (12 February 1591 – 30 March 1663), or Amir Jumla,[1] also known as Ardistānī Mir Muhammad,[2] was a military general, wealthy diamond trader,[3] a Vizier of Golconda sultanate,[4] and later a prominent subahdar of Bengal under the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb.[5]

Mir Jumla is a powerful politician that played important role in northern and Peninsular region of India during the reign of Shah Jahan to Aurangzeb, where he encountered multiple european nation companies interest in India, such as Danish East India Company, East India Company, Dutch East India Company, and Portuguese East India Company.[6]

He commanded the vast merchant fleets enterprise which sailed throughout Surat, Thatta, Arakan, Ayuthya, Balasore, Aceh, Melaka, Johore, Bantam, Makassar, Ceylon, Bandar Abbas, Mecca, Jeddah, Basra, Aden, Masqat, Mocha and the Maldives.[7] The most important aspect of Mir Jumla's rule in Bengal was his northeastern frontier military campaign, by which he conquered the frontier kingdoms of Kamrup (Kamarupa) and Assam.[8]

  1. ^ James Talboys Wheeler (1876, p. xxx)
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference The Chronology of Modern India for Four Hundred Years from the Close of the Fifteenth Century A.D. 1494-1894; James Burgess was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Sarkar 1951, p. 3
  4. ^ Gommans, Jos (2003). Mughal Warfare: Indian Frontiers and High Roads to Empire 1500–1700. Routledge. p. 78. ISBN 0-415-23988-5.
  5. ^ Majumdar, R.C, ed. (1974). The History and culture of the Indian People Vol 7- The Mughal Empire. Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan. pp. 475–476.
  6. ^ Jagadish Narayan Sarkar (1939, p. 918-949)
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference google was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ D. Nath (January 1989). History of the Koch Kingdom, C. 1515-1615 (Hardcover). Mittal Publications. pp. 86, 225–226. ISBN 9788170991090. Retrieved 8 March 2024.