The warrior who defeated the mighty Mughals - Stephanie Honchell Smith

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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[blackman]

India has some of the most amazing histories and brave martial art cultures in the world, thought grratly underrated unfortunately.

[shardulnikam]

I was born in Aurangabad. Malik Amber is credited with creating this city. However, he is completely missed in our history.

[malikhannah]

Really living up to his name, as Malik in Arabic means “king”. A name for which I also share and glad to have.

[thevilderblue]

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.

[hamanu]

It’s like Gladiator except he survived and became the power behind the throne. Would love a movie about his life.

[mansirautela]

I'm so glad Ted ex picked Malik Amber! He deserves all the fame

[Joshingsoybeans]

3:28 the sultan’s child in the animation is so fricking adorable I just wanna squeeze him.

[luvxSummer]

I'm proud that Malik is an ethiopian 🇪🇹

[jesseberg]

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.

[PaharDarshan]

As a indian history student, i like your storytelling animation, you should make a whole playlist about it

[sadocraju]

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

[venkateshp]

bro was literally a nightmare to jahangir... glad to see him getting his due credit in Indian history of mughal era

[WazzoLazr]

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.

[Shadowjedi]

This man's story needs a full on motion picture movie.

[jupe]

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.

[raptorbrotherhood]

4:17 ayo that one soldier in the back getting the EXTRA special treatment in the behind

[siddjoshi]

*If only NCERT was this interesting, we all would have been Historians*

[kingace]

I cannot get over how well made these animations, body language, sound effects, and narration are. This is a storytelling masterclass.

[AI-hxfx]

The art styles here that remind me of 1960s animation is so good.

[zaria]

I've read about this but I progressively became more interested in the difference between Mughals and Mongols...