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Mir Jumla II

1591–1663 · 17th century · Also known as Mir Muhammad Said Ardestani

Mir Jumla II was a Persian-born merchant, general and statesman who served the Golconda Sultanate and then the Mughal Empire. Made governor of Bengal by Aurangzeb, he invaded Cooch Behar and the Ahom kingdom in 1661–1663, occupied the Ahom capital Garhgaon and imposed the Treaty of Ghilajharighat, but his army was ruined by disease and floods and he died on the return march in 1663.

Mir Jumla II
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