Afzal Khan (died 20 November 1659) ... Muntakhab-al Lubab, a work by the Mughal chronicler Khafi Khan, attributes the treachery to Shivaji instead: it states that Shivaji feigned humility and …

Mullah Shukrullah Shirazi (1570–1639), known by the royal title Afzal Khan, was a Mughal courtier during the reigns of Jahangir and Shah Jahan. [1] He achieved fame as a scholar and rose to …

Jul 28, 2011 · Born in Shiraz, in his late thirties he went to India, where he eventually attained the position of prime minister (dīvān-e koll) under the Mughal emperor Shah Jahān (r. 1037 …

Afzal Khan departed from Bijapur around May 1659 on a campaign against Shivaji. While enroute to Wai, conflicting accounts suggest that he desecrated the idol of Bhavani at Tuljapur and the …

The mighty Mughal ruler Aurangzeb, ruling over a vast empire in Indian had to eat a humble pie at the hands of Shivaji. Reasons for encounters with the Mughals: Aurangzeb was greatly …

Nov 21, 2017 · Among the many who came to India and thrived under the Mughal dispensation of ṣulḥ-i kull was a Persian statesman named Mirza (or sometimes ‘Mulla’) Shukr Allah Shirazi, …

Nov 10, 2022 · The Supreme Court will on Friday hear a petition challenging the demolition of unauthorized structures built on government land near the tomb of Afzal Khan, the 16th …

Feb 19, 2020 · The encounter of Shivaji with the Bijapur general Afzal Khan in 1659 and his visit to the Mughal court at Agra in 1666 are dramatic episodes of seventeenth century history that …

Nov 12, 2022 · Afzal Khan was a general who served the Adil Shahi dynasty of Bijapur Sultanate in India. He played an important role in the southern expansion of the Bijapur Sultanate by s …

Who was appointed as the governor of Bengal in around 1664 by Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb? The correct answer is Shaista Khan. Mirza Abu Talib is also known as Shaista Khan was a …