Malik Ambar

Malik Ambar (1549 – 13 May 1626) was an Ethiopian born in Harar, sold as a child by his parents due to poverty. He was eventually brought to India and remained enslaved by the people that bought him. Nevertheless, in time he created an independent army that had up to 1500 men. This army resided in the Deccan region and was hired by many local kings. He eventually rose to become a very popular Prime Minister of the Ahmadnagar Sultanate, showing his administrative acumen in various fields. Malik is also regarded as a pioneer in Guerilla warfare in the Deccan region. He is credited with having carried out a systematic revenue settlement of major portions of the Deccan, which formed the basis for many subsequent settlements. He died in 1626. He is a figure of veneration to the Siddis of Gujarat. He humbled the might of the Mughals and Adil Shah of Bijapur and raised the falling status of the Nizam Shah.

Early life

Malik Ambar was born in the city of Alhura in a Habshi tribe of Maya, the capital of the Adal Sultanate, in modern eastern Ethiopia. However, some sources mention the Ethiopian town of Harar as his birthplace. Both the Solomonic dynasty and the Adal sultanate were devastated after two decades of war with each other. According to the Futuhat-i `adil Shahi, Malik Ambar then known as Shambhu or Shan-bu was sold into slavery by his parents. He ended up in al-Mukha in Yemen, where he was sold again for 20 ducats and was taken to the slave market in Baghdad, where he was sold a third time to the Qadi al-Qudat of Mecca and again in Baghdad to Mir Qasim al-Baghdadi, who eventually took him to south-central India. He was described by the Dutch merchant Pieter van den Broecke as, "a black kafir from Abyssinia with a stern Roman face."

Ambar

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See also

Ambar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Anbar is a small village in the Swabi District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan. It is located at 34 02 50 N and 72 24 40 E at an altitude of 1010 ft. The Swabi Interchange is located in Anbar village and is the central location for the motorway connecting Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

The people belong to the Aba Khel sub-tribe of the Mandanr Yusafzai tribe. The people belong to Bular Khel (First settled in Anbar) and Tajukhel caste which is considered the most honourable caste among Pakhtoons. However lower non Pashtoon tribe of Malyar is increasing in number due to high birth rate.

The Anbar populace is highly educated, with a literacy rate of 90%. Abdul Wali Khan University maintains a campus in Anbar. Anbar also contains two segregated elementary colleges, one for boys and one for girls.The village is transforming to commercial town with each passing year due to construction of motorway interchange.

Anbar fields teams on the district level for cricket and volleyball, with its volleyball team holding several provincial championships and its cricket team ranked at the top on district level.

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Spondias mombin or Spondias purpurea var. lutea, is a tree, a species of flowering plant in the family Anacardiaceae. It is native to the tropical Americas, including the West Indies. The tree has been naturalized in parts of Africa, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Indonesia. It is rarely cultivated.

The mature fruit has a leathery skin and a thin layer of pulp. The seed has an oil content of 31.5%.

Use as food

The fruit pulp is either eaten fresh or made into juice, concentrate, jellies, and sherbets.

In Thailand this fruit is called makok (Thai: มะกอก) and is used in som tam as a secondary ingredient. The young leaves, which taste slightly bitter and sour, are sometimes served raw together with certain types of nam phrik (Thai chilli pastes).

As a member of the Sumac family (Anacardiaceae), exposure to the sap of this species may result in an identical allergic reaction to that of the poison ivy plant. Those with a known sensitivity to urushiol should exercise caution in consuming or handling this species.