Life and Times of Malik Ambar

The present work is based on the Persian and non-Persian sources, deals with the life and activities of the Abyssinian chief, Malik Ambar, who in the country of his adoption, played the role of a general, administrator, stateman, politician and diplomat and above all, as savior of the independence of the Deccan. Though arrayed against the unsurmountable difficulties and heavy odds, he revived the drooping fortunes of the Nizam Shahi dynasty, saved the Adil Shahis and Qutb Shahis and protected the interests of the Portuguese, from the expansionist designs of Grand Mughals and their new allies. A balanced account of his struggle with the imperial power has been given and effort has been made to examine his relations with the Portuguese and the English visa vis his contribution to the Deccan.

INTRODUCTORY

HIS EARLY LIFE

CONTEST WITH THE MUGHALS

THE SETTING SUN

RELATIONS WITH THE PORTUGUESE AND ENGLISH

HIS CHARACTER AND ACHIEVEMENTS

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX