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Siege of Golconda (1687)
Part of Mughal conquests in the Deccan
Modern ruins of the Golconda Fort, which was rebuilt and fortified by Aurangzeb after its conquest in the year 1687
Date
January 1687 – September 22, 1687
Location
Golconda, India (then ruled by the Qutb Shahi dynasty)
Result
Mughal Empire victory
Territorial changes
Mughal Empire annexed Golconda Sultanate Formation of Hyderabad Subah
Belligerents
Mughal Empire
Qutb Shahi dynasty
Commanders and leaders
Aurangzeb Mir Jumla II Kilich Khan † Shaista Khan Ibrahim Khan Dilir Khan Ghazi ud-Din Khan Feroze Jung S/O Khwaja Abid Siddiqi Kilich Khan Bahudur Khalilullah Khan Lutfullah Khan (Mughal Empire)
Abul Hasan Qutb Shah Muqarrab Khan[1](defector) Sarandaz Khan[2](defector)
Strength
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
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Campaigns of Aurangzeb
Bidar (1657)
Dharmat (1658)
Samugarh (1658)
Khajwa (1659)
Chakan (1660)
Surat (1664)
Purandar (1665)
Sinhagad (1670)
Saraighat (1671)
Salher (1672)
Bhupalgarh (1679)
Ramsej (1682–88)
Kalyan (1683)
Bijapur (1685–86)
Golconda (1687)
Wai (1687)
Raigarh (1689)
Jinji (1690–98)
Nadaun (1691)
Guler (1696)
Anandpur (1700)
Anandpur (1701)
Khelna (1702)
Nirmohgarh (1702)
Raigarh (1703–04)
Torna (1704)
Wagingera (1704)
Sarsa (1704)
Chamkaur (1705)
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.
^Richards, John F. (1995). The Mughal Empire. ISBN 9780521566032. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
^Roy, Kaushik (30 March 2011). War, Culture and Society in Early Modern South Asia, 1740-1849. ISBN 9781136790874. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
^Sajjad Shahid (Nov 22, 2011). "Mystic forces of Golconda Fort | Hyderabad News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2022-06-20.
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