Malik Ambar
Originally from the horn of Africa, he was one of many Abyssinians, also known as Habshis in India, who came to the sub-continent as slaves or traders. After rising in the ranks of mercenary soldiers, Malik Ambar became the right-hand man of the powerful Sultana and after her death the power behind a puppet sultan.
A great video about his life…
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