Shah and the Mughal viceroy of the Deccan for aid. The Mughals readily agreed, and the Siddi fleet was transferred from the overlordship of Bijapur to that of Delhi, and Siddi Sambal, one of the leaders of the revolution was created imperial admiral with a mansab and a jagir yielding 3 lakhs of Rupees. His two associates, Siddi Qasim and Siddi Khairiyat, were given the command of Janjira and the land dominions respectively. The Siddi fleet was taken into Mughal service on the same terms as under Bijapur. The general title of Yaqut Khan was con-
ferred en successive Siddi admirals from this time, and the Government of Janjira was separated from the admiral's charge and placed under another Siddi, who was regarded as the second leader of the tribe
and heir to the admiral's post. (K. K. ii. 224; only authority.)
This revolution at Janjira is said by Khafi Khan to have taken place in January or February 1671.*[1] Shortly before it the Maratha fleet had met with a
- ↑ * But the date is evidently wrong. On 4th April 1674, Narayan Shenvi, the English agent, writes from Raigarh to Bombay "I have discoursed with Naraji Pandit concerning the peace you desired might be concluded with the Siddi Fath Khan." (F. R. Surat, Vol. 88.) This proves {a) that Fath Khan was a Siddi and not an Afghan, and (b) that he was in power in 1674, instead of having been deposed in 1671. Here Khafi Khan is proved by contemporary records to be unreliable. But Siddi Sambal was undoubtedly admiral of the fleet from 1671 onwards.
