Qualla: Execution of Sambhaji https://qualla.com/execution-of-sambhaji en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:31 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/t/e/k/d/execution-of-sambhaji-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Execution of Sambhaji https://qualla.com/execution-of-sambhaji Execution of Sambhaji: Introduction https://qualla.com/execution-of-sambhaji/ Photo credit Unknown author, Public domain. On February 1, 1689, a group of Mughal soldiers dragged a man from a temple near Sangameshwar, in the forested hills of what is now Maharashtra. He had tried to flee, but the Mughals knew exactly where to find him. The man was Sambhaji, the second king of the Maratha Empire, son of the legendary Shivaji. Within weeks he would be dead, executed on the banks of the River Bhima by order of the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb. The story of how he came to that riverbank -- through battlefield valor, political betrayal, and the relentless southward expansion of Mughal power -- is one of the defining chapters of Deccan history.

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]]> Fri, 06 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/t/e/k/d/execution-of-sambhaji-wp/tekd-execution-of-sambhaji-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Execution of Sambhaji: A Kingdom Inherited, an Empire Provoked https://qualla.com/execution-of-sambhaji/ Photo credit sathellite, CC BY-SA 2.0. Sambhaji's path to the throne was violent from the start. When his father Shivaji died in 1680, Sambhaji was held captive at Panhala fort -- imprisoned by his own father's ministers who opposed his succession. He escaped, proclaimed himself king, and eliminated those who stood in...

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]]> Fri, 06 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/t/e/k/d/execution-of-sambhaji-wp/tekd-execution-of-sambhaji-betrayal-at-sangameshwar.mp3 0:06 3 full Execution of Sambhaji: The Riverbank at Tulapur https://qualla.com/execution-of-sambhaji/ Photo credit Upadhye Guruji, CC BY-SA 3.0. Muqarrab Khan transported his prisoners to Bahadurgad at Pedgaon in Ahmednagar district, where Aurangzeb was encamped. The emperor, upon hearing the news, was so pleased that he renamed the place Asadnagar to commemorate the capture. On March 11, 1689, at Tulapur on the banks of ...

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]]> Fri, 06 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/t/e/k/d/execution-of-sambhaji-wp/tekd-execution-of-sambhaji-the-riverbank-at-tulapur.mp3 0:06 4 full Execution of Sambhaji: From Defeat to Martyrdom https://qualla.com/execution-of-sambhaji/ Photo credit sathellite, CC BY-SA 2.0. History's verdict on Sambhaji is complicated. During his reign, he was unable to consolidate his father's achievements, and contemporary accounts describe a ruler whose judgment faltered under pressure. But his execution transformed him. In death, Sambhaji became a martyr -- a ki...

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