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Murud-Janjira, the Glossary

Murud-Janjira is the local name of a famous fort and tourist spot situated on an island just off the coastal town of Murud, in the Raigad district of Maharashtra, India.^[1]

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1490 establishments in Asia
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Aceh

Aceh (Acèh, Jawoë: اچيه), officially the Province of Aceh (Provinsi Aceh, Nanggroë Acèh, Jawoë: نڠڬرواي اچيه), is the westernmost province of Indonesia.

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The Sultanate of Ahmednagar or the Nizam Shahi Sultanate was a late medieval Indian Muslim kingdom located in the northwestern Deccan, between the sultanates of Gujarat and Bijapur, ruled by the Nizam Shahi or Bahri dynasty.

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Ahmednagar

Ahmednagar (officially Ahilya Nagar) is a city in, and the headquarters of, the Ahmednagar district, Maharashtra, India, about northeast of Pune and from Aurangabad. Murud-Janjira and Ahmednagar are 15th-century establishments in India.

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Anjanvel Fort

Gopalgad Fort / Anjanvel Fort (अंजनवेल चा किल्ला/ गोपाळगड) is a fort located from Chiplun, in Ratnagiri district, of Maharashtra.

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Aurangzeb

Muhi al-Din Muhammad (3 November 1618 – 3 March 1707), commonly known as italics, was the sixth Mughal emperor, reigning from 1658 until his death in 1707.

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Bajirao I

Bajirao I (Visaji Bajirao Ballal;; 18 August 1700 – 28 April 1740) was the 7th and most powerful Peshwa of the Maratha Confederacy.

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Batak

Batak is a collective term used to identify a number of closely related Austronesian ethnic groups predominantly found in North Sumatra, Indonesia, who speak Batak languages.

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British Empire

The British Empire comprised the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates, and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom and its predecessor states.

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Cannon

A cannon is a large-caliber gun classified as a type of artillery, which usually launches a projectile using explosive chemical propellant.

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Chimaji Appa

Chimaji Balaji Bhat (1707–17 December 1740), commonly referred to as Appa or Bhau, was the son of Balaji Vishwanath Bhat and the younger brother of Bajirao Peshwa of Maratha Empire.

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Fernão Mendes Pinto

Fernão Mendes Pinto (1509 – 8 July 1583) was a Portuguese explorer and writer.

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Gowalkot

Gowalkot is a small fort located on the southern bank of Vashishti River, about from Chiplun in Maharashtra, India. Murud-Janjira and Gowalkot are islands of India and islands of Maharashtra.

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Granite

Granite is a coarse-grained (phaneritic) intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of quartz, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase.

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Habesha peoples

Habesha peoples (ሐበሠተ; ሐበሻ; ሓበሻ; commonly used exonym: Abyssinians) is an ethnic or pan-ethnic identifier that has been historically employed to refer to Semitic-speaking and predominantly Oriental Orthodox Christian peoples found in the highlands of Ethiopia and Eritrea between Asmara and Addis Ababa (i.e.

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India

India, officially the Republic of India (ISO), is a country in South Asia.

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Jafarabad State

Jafarabad, or Jafrabad State, was a tributary princely state in India during the British Raj.

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Janjira State

Janjira State was a princely state in India during the British Raj. Murud-Janjira and Janjira State are 15th-century establishments in India.

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Khokari Tombs

The Khokari (or Khokri) tombs are three 500-year-old massive stone tombs of the early rulers of the erstwhile Janjira State in western India, near Murud in Maharashtra state.

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Koli people

The Koli is an agriculturist caste of India.

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Konkani language

Konkani (Devanagari: sc, Romi: sc, Kannada: sc, Malayalam: sc, Perso-Arabic: sc, IAST) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Konkani people, primarily in the Konkan region, along the western coast of India.

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Kurtoğlu Hızır Reis

Kurtoğlu Hızır Reis was an Ottoman admiral who is best known for commanding the Ottoman naval expedition to Sumatra in Indonesia (1568–1569).

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List of forts in Maharashtra

This is a list of forts in Maharashtra, a state of India.

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List of princely states of British India (by region)

Before the Partition of India in 1947, about 584 princely states, also called "native states", existed in India. Murud-Janjira and List of princely states of British India (by region) are princely states of India.

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Maharashtra

Maharashtra (ISO: Mahārāṣṭra) is a state in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau.

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Malabars

Malabars (Arabic:مالاباري; Romanized: Malabari, Malayalam:മലബാറി; Romanized: Malabari) is a term used for Indians originating from the Malabar region.

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Malik Ambar

Malik Ambar (1548 – 13 May 1626) was a military leader who served as the Peshwa (Prime Minister) of the Ahmadnagar Sultanate in the Deccan region of India.

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Maratha Confederacy

The Maratha Confederacy, also referred to as the Maratha Empire, was an early modern polity in the Indian subcontinent.

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Maratha Navy

The Maratha Navy was the naval wing of the armed forces of the Maratha Empire, which existed from around the mid-17th century to the mid-18th century in the Indian subcontinent.

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Marathi language

Marathi (मराठी) is an Indo-Aryan language predominantly spoken by Marathi people in the Indian state of Maharashtra.

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Maritime Southeast Asia

Maritime Southeast Asia comprises the countries of Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and East Timor.

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Moropant Trimbak Pingle

Moropant Trimbak Pingale (1620–1683), was the first peshwa of the Maratha Empire, serving on Shivaji Maharaj's Ashta Pradhan (Council of Eight Ministers).

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Mughal Empire

The Mughal Empire was an early modern empire in South Asia.

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Mumbai

Mumbai (ISO:; formerly known as Bombay) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra.

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Murud, Raigad

Murud is a town and a municipal council in Raigad district in the Indian state of Maharashtra.

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Murud-Janjira

Murud-Janjira is the local name of a famous fort and tourist spot situated on an island just off the coastal town of Murud, in the Raigad district of Maharashtra, India. Murud-Janjira and Murud-Janjira are 1490 establishments in Asia, 15th-century establishments in India, forts in Raigad district, islands of India, islands of Maharashtra, populated places in India, princely states of India and sea forts.

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Ottoman embassy to Aceh

The Ottoman expedition to Aceh started from around 1565 when the Ottoman Empire endeavoured to support the Aceh Sultanate in its fight against the Portuguese Empire in Malacca.

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Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman Empire, historically and colloquially known as the Turkish Empire, was an imperial realm centered in Anatolia that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Central Europe, between the early 16th and early 18th centuries.

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Outpost (military)

A military outpost is detachment of troops stationed at a distance from the main force or formation, usually at a station in a remote or sparsely populated location, positioned to stand guard against unauthorized intrusions and surprise attacks, serving as the first line of defense.

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Padmadurg

Padmadurg, also known as Kasa fort, is one of five historical sea forts built by siddi malik amber little and located in Raigad District Maharashtra, India. Murud-Janjira and Padmadurg are forts in Raigad district and sea forts.

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Patil (title)

The Patil (Hindi: पाटिल) (meaning "village headman") is an Indian last name and a title or surname.

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Peshwa

Peshwa was second highest office in the Maratha Confederacy, next in rank and prestige only to that of the Chhatrapati.

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Portuguese Empire

The Portuguese Empire (Império Português), also known as the Portuguese Overseas or the Portuguese Colonial Empire, was composed of the overseas colonies, factories, and later overseas territories, governed by the Kingdom of Portugal, and later the Republic of Portugal.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murud-Janjira

Also known as History of Murud-Janjira, Janjira Fort, Murud Janjira, Murud-Janjira fort.

, Yahya Saleh, Yakut Khan.

Murud-Janjira, the Glossary

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See also

1490 establishments in Asia

15th-century establishments in India

Forts in Raigad district

Islands of Maharashtra

Sea forts

References