The warrior who defeated the mighty Mughals - Stephanie Honchell Smith
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- Trace Malik Ambar’s historic rise from enslaved youth to brilliant military tactician and kingmaker in the Indian sultanate.
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In 1624, Mughal Emperor Jahangir received word of yet another defeat at the hands of his greatest enemy: Malik Ambar. Jahangir was so obsessed with defeating his rival, he commissioned a painting of himself shooting an arrow at Ambar’s skull. So, who was this brilliant tactician? And how did he come into power? Stephanie Honchell Smith shares Ambar's rise from enslaved youth to kingmaker.
Lesson by Stephanie Honchell Smith, directed by Layron DeJarnette, Gumboyo.
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India has some of the most amazing histories and brave martial art cultures in the world, thought grratly underrated unfortunately.
Sadly due to the brainwashing and hate propaganda done in the past decade by the current ruling Hindu nationalist party of india, the BJP, majority of our populace have been driven to hate ethnic and religious minorities of the country, mainly muslims.
Indians today are so full of hatred that they are themselves destroying our rich history in the name of religion. Many great architectural and cultural artifacts are being razed and history rewritten.
You'll find these hate filled insecure Hindus in every comment section, including here, spreading propagandist lies and half truths.
As an Indian I agree
@@mahfoudseraf5995who asked u desert wonder
@@mahfoudseraf5995 if you're non-indian how do you even know?
What you are seeing in this channel is also propaganda to portray that India history is just Mughal nothing else. You can see majority of their video on Indian history is about these invaders only
Really living up to his name, as Malik in Arabic means “king”. A name for which I also share and glad to have.
That’s really cool!
malik in urdu and hindi means master
@@shimazhaqueits a loan word from arabic
@@slaire7799 I'm aware, I just wanted to share it's connotations, as an Indian.
Ambar in Hindi/Urdu means Sky
I was born in Aurangabad. Malik Amber is credited with creating this city. However, he is completely missed in our history.
Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar
@@keyurkulkarni4011 true👍
Intentional erasure.
Wonder why
@@SadfoxGuyver make people know less about them so you can influence them according to you . Politician use this to rule . The course and book can change in a day but won't cause they want divide you too .
I'm so glad Ted ex picked Malik Amber! He deserves all the fame
Yes, it's not like he killed an unforgivable amount of poeple.
It’s like Gladiator except he survived and became the power behind the throne. Would love a movie about his life.
He was Muslim. Hollywood would never do such a movie 😂
@@idib1739 noooooo please someone has to make a movie 😭
@@idib1739 do you think bollywood would do that?
Indeed
@@idib1739 considering how poorly historical epics like Panipat and Prithviraj Chauhan were handled, it's probably for the best. Hopefully a capable indie/regional director will pick it up some day.
This man's story needs a full on motion picture movie.
Idris Elba directed by Ridley Scott!
@@ankurm4100featuring Michel Jordan jr
@@ankurm4100 Or maybe they should cast an East African actor
You guys missed a major point.
Malik Ambar was the greatest inspiration for Chatrapati Shivaji to fight the Mughals. Shivaji's grandfather Maloji was an important general of Malik Ambar. And Shivaji's father Shahji was the successor of Malik Ambar in keeping the Mughals out of the Deccan.
Yup! Amazing and great as Ambar’s life was, this was the part of his legacy that truly lasted. It was also Ambar that helped facilitate the marriage of Chattrapati Shivaji’s parents after there was resistance by his mother’s father. So not only did he provide Maloji with the power that ultimately gave Shivaji the base from which to grow from, he’s also partially responsible for his birth!
Wow
@@thecollegeofra unfortunately, no biography of Shivaji mentions about Malik Ambar
@@sauravsuresh6388 I have been told that Malik is mentioned in the poem, Shivabharata.
@@absawa Shivabharata was commissioned by Shivaji... But that's not a biopic
Similar story, very different ending:
There was a General in Rome named Stilicho. He was of Vandal descent, but he served Rome loyally. Just like Malik Ambar, he made sure the last Emperor's young son took the throne, and married the boy to his own daughter. Unlike Ambar, Stilicho allowed himself to be taken prisoner by his young ward and be put to death. Arguably Stilicho was nobler than Malik Ambar, but you could also argue that Malik Ambar was smarter than Stilicho.
The average IQ in sub-saharian Africa is about 65...
@@JesusMartinez-fy3yf means nothing.
What of Aetius?
@@olamideolanrewaju4005 Aetius was raised among the Huns, but he was a Roman by birth. So I would argue that Stilicho was more similar to Malik Ambar than Aetius was.
4:17 ayo that one soldier in the back getting the EXTRA special treatment in the behind
Ooof
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😂 why ted-ed ? What did the poor soldier do to deserve THAT ?
Nice!
As a indian history student , i like your storytelling animation , you should make a whole playlist about it
Can you tell me what is exactly a student studies if he/she pursue history subject in college?
Just curious because i too like history so want to know from someone who is actually doing it.
I am a resident of this amazing city: Ahmednagar
Unfortunately the city is today represented by corrupt politicians who do not allow the potential and history of this place to truly emerge
The fort of Ahmednagar still stands tall today albeit in dire need of maintenance
Whole India doesn't allow the history of India to emerge. They only live in Mughal, Delhi sultanate nothing else. Agra used to be the capital city in Mughal. It's poor now. I live here. There's no great university here. These aren't even golden ages.
The condition of Killa is result of Military restrictions.
If not for them, it would have gotten more vandalized and worsened.
It's a rare occasion for me a , a resident of ahmednagar , to meet another fellow resident of ahmednagar. It seems as if our presence on social media is non existant.
I'm proud that Malik is an ethiopian 🇪🇹
He was Oromo. There's a Difference.
aren't Oromos ethiopians ?@@peanutbar8882
You are Amharic the people who sold them as $l@v3$
@@spartawelly5863 Every tribe in Ethiopia sold slaves, as a very rigid and common practice. Amhara nobility were also the only ones to try repeatedly through several Kings attempts to reduce and/or ban it until Haile Selassie went the aggressive route with overall every Noble and routed their political power to force his own measures in. Read some Pankhurst.
@@peanutbar8882 Oromo are a part of Ethiopia whether they like it or not lol. There's a reason they don't have their own state.
3:28 the sultan’s child in the animation is so fricking adorable I just wanna squeeze him.
The art styles here that remind me of 1960s animation is so good.
bro was literally a nightmare to jahangir... glad to see him getting his due credit in Indian history of mughal era
Also we must look beyond the Lens of Religion here as he was also himself Muslim.
@@mohammedhassanakbari6722 tell that to people from your own community who try to link themselves to each and every foreign invader. Be it arabs, turks, persians, afghans, central asians, or whatever. They see a muslim invader and they start calling them daddy.
He isn't getting any credit
He was partly responsible for Maratha empire
@@homonidShut up
@@homonid isn't it the same case with the oldest religion community, even though marathas massacred 2 million bengali hindus during the invasion of bengal, started brutal chauth taxes, even after that, they are the latest daddy of hindutva
Ok now thats dedication and patience
Oh Thank You!
Something new to learn.👏🏼
*THE MORE YOU KNOW*
I remember reading about this story, such an amazing story thank you for sharing ted-ed!
Thanks to this channel I have learned historic events so easily ,and of course it helps me to improve my English vocabulary
Guys, I love these Indian history videos of yours. Please make more on india 🇮🇳 and its history
I've read about this but I progressively became more interested in the difference between Mughals and Mongols...
I think the founder of the Mughal Empire, Babar, was a direct descendant of Genghis Khan. But I could be wrong.
you're right @@thenovicenovelist
@@thenovicenovelisthe was directly descended from Timur and had matrilineal descent from Chengiz Khan
Yes he had ancestry from chengiz and taimur....... He came and conquered delhi, afterwards he and his family got indianized and stayed here for ever, and built many magnificent things like taj mahal and United entire indian subcontinent under one sword which happened only once before mughals in the 3000 year history of india.......
@@khabibnurmagomedov8581 nope Chandra Gupta Maurya dynasty did it first and then kushans did almost and mughals also did it (but they not able to takeover north east India ! ) actually no one ! Also no one able to south India Also from Tamil kings ! Even 2000+ years ago great Gupta dynasty emperor ashoka who's ashokan edicts so famous they also mentioned the glory of Tamils and respected there soverginity
Well, that's the part of history I never knew until today.
I cannot get over how well made these animations, body language, sound effects, and narration are. This is a storytelling masterclass.
Ambar's greatest strength was court politics. Since the court was dominated by the Turks, Ambar preferred non-Turks like the local Marathas because he himself was a non-Turk. Ambar purely did this to influence court politics but the unintended consequence was that this also helped him in war against the Mughals since the local Marathas were of course adept in fighting in the local conditions. Ambar's greatest victories were won by generals like Maloji and Shahaji who were local Marathas under him.
Shahaji as in the father of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj??
@@HarishankarPM Yes, Shahaji was the father of Shivaji Maharaj and a military genius equal to his son, look at the battle of Bhatvadi. Shahaji fought at the battle while Ambar himself was 80 years old and played no part there. Ambar still gets the credit for the victory for some reason.
Mughals even made it a condition for peace with Amhednagar that Shahaji should be sent away from Mughal borders as far south as possible.
Shahaji tried his best to establish an independent state but his dream of Swarajya was only fulfilled by his son.
A poet of that times write that there are two emperors in India - Shahjahan and Shahaji.
@@jupe2001 Wow!! cool stuff man, where'd you read all this?? I'd like to learn more about this myself.
@@HarishankarPMthis is the same Malik Ambar who taught guerrilla warfare to maharatha, he made his unique style of bhagi-grire and the quick fast action, using mugal large number as an disadvantage of for them.. using hill and valley...which was later the defacto strategy of Maratha Empire
He also made ch shivaji maharaj grandfather Maloji Bhosale the first maratha subedar, On the recommendation of Malik Ambar, he was given the jagir of Pune and Supe parganas, along with the control of the Shivneri and Chakan forts. this laid the seed of swaraj in heart's of shivaji and the maratha
@@rohand04 Guerilla warfare is an acient practice, thousands of years older than Ambar. The chief factor behind any successful guerilla war is the knowledge of local geography. Marathas were practising guerilla warfare long before Ambar was born. Look at the battle against Delhi and the Bahamani sultanates.
Malik Amber’s guerrilla warfare tactics were the inspiration for another indian king called Shivaji. So even after Malik’s death he continued to pester Mughal forces.
He was the founder of Maratha Empire(1645-1843) which conquered Mughal Empire(1556-1754) and ended Mughal rule in the Indian Subcontinent in the 18th century.
@@RR-pc7yv But the history says, Mughal empire entered decline due to internal conflict for the throne after the death of Aurangzeb Alamgir, constant raids from Iranian kings like Nader Shah and rebellion from Nizam ul mulk of Hyderabad. Although their power was significantly weakened, the last Mughal king was dethroned in 1857 by the British forces. His name was Bahadur Shah Zafar.
@@WazzoLazr Mughal Empire's fall began in the reign of Aurangzeb himself. Just like the decline and fall of the USSR began in the 1980s not in just 1991.
Aurangzeb's reign, his policies, multiple rebellions, anti-Mughal uprisings and most importantly, his disastrous war with the Marathas in Deccan,etc. is what paved way for the fall of the Mughal Empire. Marathas were the ones who ended Mughal rule in Northern India.
Even when Nadir Shah invaded and during one of his conversations with Nizam ul Mulk aka 1st Nizam of Hyderabad, the former was told bg latter that they(Mughals) have no money left. As the entire treasury got spent in their war with the Marathas(1640-1707) and in later wars with them. There were no constant raids but just one invasion by Nadir Shah in 1738.
There were multiple factors which contributed to the fall of the Mughal Empire and among these the external ones were the most influential. Among all the external factors, Maratha Empire's expansion was the one which contributed the most to their fall. By 1712, Marathas had captured large territories from Mughals and in 1719, even sent an army and became influential King makers in Mughal Darbar. Indian politics changed drastically in 1719. Subsequent events, were not the cause but symptoms of the affect.
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Iam from deccan where ahmednagar was one of the 4 deccan sultanates...... Malik ambar is a hero for us indian Muslims....... Love to our african prince of deccan❤
Malik amber was inspiration of shivaji maharaja where he left he started with Same tactics ! His father was one of the general of malik amber ! All those Same tactics !
@@moonknight3594 all those tactics are native to Indian martial arts and Khshatriyas also mentioned in Agni purana, Chanakya neeti and so on.
*If only NCERT was this interesting, we all would have been Historians*
Even though he didn't have it too bad he managed to turn the tables and be a ruler. Destiny favored him. He was educated after being captured and then had access to some power. I didn't know about him. You always learn something new 😊
He didn't have it too bad? He was taken from his family as a child and enslaved.
@@loki2240 he was educated which is rare.
@@Sunflowersarepretty - That doesn't mean that "he didn't have it too bad." That shouldn't need to be explained to you, but even the video already touched on it.
@@loki2240I mean being educated in those days was pretty rare
It wasn't that rare in Muslim world that time. @@Sunflowersarepretty
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I loved this Ted Ed
I am half oromo and didn’t know this story. I knew there were slavery in our country where the oromo people were targeted but I didn’t know this. This is cool
One of the incredible persons in Indian history
This is bloody fascinating
Awesome episode!
I realy like your videos. Amazing work
Very inspiring story. Empires/kingdoms should be lead by the most capable rulers. Merits should be held in the highest regard and everyone should be able to obtain it without regard of religion, race, wealth, gender.
Fun fact: Large part of his soldiers were ethnic marathis. Who continued to give rivalry to mughal power and eventually carved out an maratha empire over most of indian subcontinent under the local leadership.
Guerrilla resistance skills learned under his leadership must have surely helped them.
under extreme voilence
I just love the animation and presentation.
For a moment I thought it was another “History VS” video.
Thank u all ❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉
Your excellent video is admirable 💙💛❤️
I come from one of the cities he established and his works on aqueducts still remain today
I heard about this great man. He deserves to have a full documentary on the History Channel. :)
Malik Amber is probably the first, who started recruiting and training the Maratha cavalry. The same Maratha cavalry which went toe to toe with the legendary heavy Persian cavalry, and was instrumental in the collapse of the Mughal power. So in a way you can say even though Malik Amber and his line perished, it was his contribution that brought down the Mughals under the Chhatrapati and Peshwas.
Fun fact : Shivaji's paternal grandfather Maloji worked as a general under Malik Ambar...
Marathas were in cavalry long before that. Barani mentions "Mahrattas" as cavalrymen
This ( of everything mentioned in this video ) would make a great blockbuster movie I'd like to see at my local cinema ( in Australia 🇦🇺 ) . ♑️✍️🇳🇴
Towards Sub Saharan Africans in South Asia And Eastern Europe they were treated a lot better then they were in North Africa, The Middle East, Western Europe, Southern Europe, As well as Latin America yeah.
Slavery is Slavery, no matter what treatment.
@markmunroe-hz8rf true, but there are different treatment of "slaves"
It’s because the Horn of Africa has been trading with the rest of world since ancient times
The city that Malik made a capital of, was originally named Khadki before and even after his time, until another Mughal zealot Aurangzeb changed it, to his name. Anyway, Malik's legacy lies in the numerous canal systems, he founded in the city within his rule.
Malik though a pious Muslim, trusted more on his mostly local Hindu/ Maratha generals for his empire and interestingly one of his own Hindu generals bore a son, who went on to have the greatest Hindu empire post Mughals and eventually his descendants raged battles with the Mughals, eclipsing their power.
Thanks
I hope you also make a video about the brave sons of our Nepali kingdom
He is the one who founded the Aurangabad city in Maharashtra, it was called ‘Khadki’ back then. The remains of water supply system called ‘Ambar-e-Nahari’ during his reign can still be found today.
Please also make a video on the mighty Maratha Empire who defeated the Mughals
Im Ethiopian and never heard of Malik before. Really cool history ❤
Malik Amber's local army was the first Maratha Army, eventually leading the path for the Maratha Empire. I have heard during the initial time of Shivaji court, that they used to hail Malik Amber to show respect. Please feel free to correct me.
In Aurangabad, where I’m from, he apparently built a water canal system which persists to this day in some form
The aqua duct system is called neher-e-ambari that still provides water to the old city. For last 400 years
That is the source of panchaki ..
in the recent a survey showed that there is a different type of evolution happening in the system.. new species of turtle were found..
Am ethopian and so amazed to this story
Rest In Peace, honor and Power Malik Amber
I'm proud of my Home town built by Malik Ambar
Ayy he was born in Harar. That's so cool.
Do Bonifacio next! And History VS Bonifacio
You should do a history of
Maurya empire
Gupta empire
Gujjar pratihara dynasty
Maratha empire
Chola empire.
Now someone's gonna want us to put History on Trial
If possible can you guys make a video about how you do animation😊
Love from India ( Bharat ) 💗🇮🇳
History that's never talked about
Loyalty to the soil. ❤️
Good video.
Malik Ambar's kill count: i don't know he killed a lot of people.
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts."
Based on the information in the video: he didn't 'defeat' them. He only temporarily stopped them. His area was conquered shortly after he died.
Its thanks to Jack Rackham that i was introduced to this badass warrior
I live in Aurangabad, the city he revived, his architectural & engineering genius is evident even today in the city. For example, his canal system is still partially intact today which provides water to some areas in the city, yet the current politics and the lack of cultural understanding in the people (overshadowed by communal beliefs) is decaying this history.
You should do one video on Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.
It's weird to watch a Ted-Ed video with auto-translated captions.
Make a Video about the "King Maker - Kamarajar" 👑
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Malik Ambar essentially laid the foundation for later Maratha resistance by Shivaji. He is a pioneer in Maratha style of warfare called Bargi Giri and one of his main commanders was Maloji Bhonsle who was Shivaji’s grandfather. The Mughal downfall in the 1700s was directly due to Maratha guerrilla resistance which Malik Ambar pioneered. He is compared to the god Kartikeya in Shivaji’s court biography. It is clear to me that Malik Ámbar was loyal to Marathas and that Marathas were loyal to him and he will always be a legend for us.
Ahmednagar is 500kms South of where it's shown.
We need a movie or better yet an HBO series asap !!!
I hope that someday TED ED also has the balls to make a video on the Marathas who not only defeated the Mughals but also ended their reign over India by conquering Delhi twice in 1757 and then in 1771.
Something on Ahoms please.
Ahamednagar holds a very special place in Indian history....
Anyone listened William dayramples podcast emperor on Malika ambar
As an Indian, I'm *PROUD* of India's history, and *ASHAMED* of India's present.
Don't worry. The earth is healing and restoring what was taken by invasions.
@@Joyful_Smiles Hehe, thanks, but I was referring to how Indians themselves are dragging India down 😅😅
Indians are doing fine at all no need for your ' advice'.
It is sad how the people of the land, now known as Maharashtra, hail Shivaji for resisting Mughal dominance but forget Malik Ambar who not only prevented Mughal takeover of the land but played a crucial role in developing the idea of independent governance against Imperial Mughal power in that region.
Yes bro, most of the Indians are blinded by hate . They only see religions not persons , they think a particular religion did all the bad things not particular individuals.
Marathas have been fighting Mughals long before Ambar. Also Ambar failed to leave behind a strong foundation, his kingdom crumbled soon after him, while Shivaji did and managed to lay the foundation for Maratha empire. There is simply no comparison.
Why foreigners should be praised abdool
@@sushanth1689 there was no "india" back then.
@@sushanth1689you see that's the difference between America and India
There's a correction at 3:20 - 3:26, Ambar's daughter which is the sultan's co-wife has complained to her father about the conspiracy, Ambar who in anger had both the sultan or his name is Murtaza and the wife to be poisoned by his secretary. However, anyone had a different opinion are welcome to reply my comments if theories above are right or wrong
ok so no one gon talk abt how beautiful the Aromo youth were animated?no? aiight.
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@TED-Ed , can you make an animation how Jose P. Rizal become the chosen Philippines National Hero who did not even involve in Bloodshed compare to our other Filipino heroes. A video why he is the chosen Philippines National Hero instead of others?
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The original rags to riches story
Great African history lesson.
indian history
He is still celebrated widely in Deccan but barely mentioned in our textbooks which are all North India/Pakistan-centric.
Malik Amber resting place is in junnar ...pune.....
Malik Ambar had relation n alliance with the Marhatta chief, Maloji Bhonsle !! The grand paa of our beloved Hero Shivaji Raje! 🕉
plz make a video on maharana
Just after death of malik ambar a year later our hero born who fked up whole mughals he started from where malik left ! He was heavily inspired by malik ambers Gani mi kava and other tactics such as puppet kings and fighting for independence !
It was shivaaji maharaja of Maratha empire ! Who's ancestor was one of the general of malik ambar ! He got shout out in shivaji maharaja biography type document which itself commissioned by shivaji maharaj its name shivabhartam
In childhood i also visited ahmadnagar
There is no ahmednagar its Ahmedabad
@@Oobservatory_X checkout map of Maharashtra
@@coolsai sorry i am from singapore so didnt knew much
@@Oobservatory_X it's fine
Please make a video on isa khan of bengal.
One of if not the greatest opponent of emperor Akbar.
Omg 5ft kangladeshi 😂
@@Scientist1351 still taller than you Rendian.