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| Siege of Golconda (1687) | |||||||||
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| Part of Mughal conquests in the Deccan | |||||||||
 Painting of the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb at the Siege of Golconda Fort, c. 1760 | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 Mughal Empire |
 Qutb Shahi dynasty | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Aurangzeb Kilich Khan † Feroze Jung I Anup Singh Mir Jumla II Shaista Khan Munnawar Khan Lutfullah Khan |
Abul Hasan Qutb Shah Muqarrab Khan[2] (defector) | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
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90,000 – 120,000 men 240 cannons 50,000 cavalry |
35,000 men 110 cannons 10,000 cavalry | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| 1,000 killed or wounded | 5,000 killed or wounded | ||||||||
The siege of Golconda was a siege of Golconda Fort between the Qutb Shahi dynasty and the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb, occurring in January 1687, lasting 8 months. The fort was home of the Kollur Mine. The Golconda Fort was considered to be an impregnable fort on the Indian subcontinent.[3] At the end of the siege, Aurangzeb and the Mughals entered Golconda victorious.
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