Siege of Bidar
| Siege of Bidar | |||||||||
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| Part of Mughal-Bijapur War 1657-1686 | |||||||||
Gateway to Bidar Fort | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Mughal Empire | Adil Shahi dynasty | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
| Iftikhar Khan | Siddi Marjan | ||||||||
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5,000 Total 1,000 cavalry 4,000 infantry | |||||||||
The siege of Bidar (March 1657) was a twenty-seven day siege of Bidar Fort (in Bidar, a city in present-day Karnataka, India) mounted by the Mughal Empire against the Bijapur Sultanate. The siege was led by the Mughal prince Aurangzeb during the reign of his father Shah Jahan, and was the opening military confrontation to his broader invasion of the Bijapur Sultanate that same year. The garrison was commanded by Siddi Marjan, governor of the city, who eventually surrendered and then died of his wounds. The siege was a Mughal victory, with Bijapur subsequently negotiating a peace treaty with Shah Jahan. The city of Bidar was ceded to the Mughal Empire, becoming one of the earliest cities in the Deccan to fall into Mughal control.