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Janjira Fort

Malik Ambar is credited with the construction of the Janjira Fort in the Murad Area of present day Maharashtra India. After its construction in 1567 AD, the fort was key to the Sidis withstanding various invasion attempts by the Marathas, Mughals, and Portuguese to capture Janjira. career

after getting freed, Ambar briefly served the Sultain of Bijapur and gained the title “Malik” during this time. But Ambar quit this service after citing insufficient support before entering service in the Nizam Shahi Army. death

Malik Ambar lies in a tomb in Khuldabad, near the shrine of the famous sufi saint Zar Zari Baksh. Early life

Mir Qasim Al Baghdadi, one of his slave owners eventually converted Chapu to Islam and gave him the name Ambar, after recognizing his superior intellectual qualities.

Aurangabad Canal:

The Canal was an impressive engineering feat as it consisted of a 7 feet deep underground tunnel large enough for a man to walk through. The Canal had 140 manholes and it worked efficiently without the need for any maintenance or cleaning for 321 years until it finally needed cleaning in 1931.