Malik Ambar

Ambar, Malik, famous as Malik Ambar, An Abyssinian slave who settled in Ahmadnagar and became the prime minister of the Nizam Shahi rulers. He introduced a number of revenue reforms, trained the Nizam Shahi forces in the guerrilla tactics of warfare, employed a large number of Marathas in the army, and foiled the attempts of Jahangir to complete Mughal annexation of the Nizam

Shahi kingdom. But in 1616 he was compelled by Prince Khurram (later Shah Jahan) to surrender the fort of Ahmadnagar to the Mughals.