siege, early modern

Siege of Janjira

Name: Siege of Janjira
Location: Murud-Janjira, India

Siege of Janjira was a siege conducted in January 1682 at Murud-Janjira, in what is now India. It was part of the Deccan wars, which ran from 1681 to 1707. The recorded result: Siddi victory. Recorded strength: Unknown against 20,000 men.

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FoughtJanuary 1682

WhereMurud-Janjira, India18.300N, 72.964E

OutcomeSiddi victory

BelligerentsSiddis of Janjira; 22px Mughal Empireagainst25px Maratha Confederacy; 25px Rathores of Marwar; Supported by rebels against Aurangzeb under Prince Akbar

Part ofDeccan wars1681 to 1707

Where it sits in the Deccan wars

4 placed engagements of the Deccan wars in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	January 1682 (month precision)
Place	Murud-Janjira, India 18.300N, 72.964E
Kind	Siege, early modern
Strength	Unknown	20,000 men
Commanders	Yakut Khan	Sambhaji Muhammad Akbar (Mughal prince) Durgadas Rathore

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Umberkhind 1661, 52 km N
Battle of Wadgaon 1779, 87 km NE
Battle of Poona 1802, 98 km E
Battle of Khadki 1817, 98 km E
Siege of Purandhar 1665, 108 km E

In the same war

After: Siege of Bijapur 15 April 1685
All 4 engagements of Deccan wars

Elsewhere in 1682

Siege of Janjira is one of 1,470 engagements of the 17th century in the atlas and one of 354 in present-day India.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q125565013, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Janjira, revision 1373771078, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.