siege, early modern

Siege of Janjira

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

Siege of Janjira was a siege conducted in 1682 at Murud-Janjira, in what is now India. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Murud-Janjira. The recorded result: Siddi victory. Recorded strength: Unknown against 20,000 men.

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Fought1682

WhereMurud-Janjira, India18.300N, 72.964E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeSiddi victory

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

Record

Date	1682 (year 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

Placed at Murud-Janjira; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Siege of Janjira 1682, same recorded site
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

Elsewhere in 1682

Battle of Kalyan India
Siege of Janjira India

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 Q97358502, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Janjira (1682), 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.