The Inside History

Mughal Annexation of Bijapur and Golcunda

On this day, 12 September, 1686 AD, the Bijapur fort was seized by Mughal forces under the command of 6th mughal emperor Aurangzeb which was began in March 1685. Aurangzeb sent his son, Muhammad Azam Shah, with an army of almost 50,000 troops to seize Bijapur Fort and beat Sikandar Adil Shah, the then-ruler of Bijapur, who refused to remain a vassal of the …