 In warfare, in command, in sound judgment, and in administration, he had no rival or equal. He well understood that predatory (kazzaki] warfare, which in the language of the Dakhin is called bargi-giri. He kept down the turbulent spirits of that country,...  A History of the Deccan - Page 256by James Dunning Baker Gribble - 1896Full view - About this book
 | Sir Henry Miers Elliot - India - 1875 - 598 pages
...death of 'Ambar the Abyssinian, in the eightieth year of his age, on the 3lst Urdibihisht. This 'Ambar was a slave, but an able man. In warfare, in command, in sound judgment, and in administration, he had n,i rival or equal. He well understood that predatory (kcisaoti) warfare, which in the language of... | |
 | Shanti Sadiq Ali - African diaspora - 1996 - 294 pages
...position, as was held by him".93 Mutamad Khan, another contemporary Mughal historian writes: "This Ambar was a slave but an able man. In warfare, in command,...administration, he had no rival or equal. He well understood predatory warfare, which in the language of the Deccan is called bargi-giri. He kept down the turbulent... | |
 | J.A. Rogers - History - 2011 - 448 pages
...Ambar died, at the age of eighty. Motamid Khan, an Indian historian, says of Malik Ambar: This Ambar was a slave, but an able man. In warfare, in command, in sound judgment, in administration, he had no rival or equal. He well understood that predatory warfare which in the... | |
 | Shihan de S. Jayasuriya, Richard Pankhurst - History - 2003 - 330 pages
...improved the training of the soldiers.77 The Mogul court chronicler, Mutamid Khan, wrote: "This Ámbar was a slave, but an able man. In warfare, in command,...judgment, and in administration he had no rival or equal"/8 On the death of Malik Ámbar his son, Path Khan, submitted to the Moguls, but soon afterwards... | |
 | James E. White, Jean-Gontran Quenum - Africa - 2004 - 248 pages
...lies east of Bombay. Motamid Khan, an Indian historian has this to say about Malik Anbar: This Anbar was a slave, but an able man. In warfare, in command, in sound judgment, in administration, he had no rival or equal. He well understood predatory warfare, which in the language... | |
 | Indrani Chatterjee, Richard M. Eaton - History - 2006 - 368 pages
...died, evidently of natural causes. "This 'Ambar was a slave," recorded the chronicler. "But," he added, "an able man." In warfare, in command, in sound judgment,...rival or equal. He well understood that predatory (kazzakf) warfare, which in the language of the Dakhin is called bargi-giri. He kept down the turbulent... | |
 | VD Mahajan - History - 2007 - 898 pages
...Mai. He trained the Marathas in guerrilla wartare. According to . Mohamad Khan, the Mughal historian, "In warfare, in command, in sound judgment and in...administration, he had no rival or equal. He well understood the predatory warfare which in the language of the Deccan is called Bargi Giri. He kept down the turbulent... | |
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