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² [Mīr Jūmla (Meer Joomleh) was a Persian adventurer from Ardistān, who began his career as a successful trader, and eventually made himself virtual master of the Golkonda (Hyderābād) Kingdom, as prime minister of Abdullah Kutb Shāh. He also conquered and annexed the Kanarese country under the rule of the Rājā of Chandragiri, the representative of the Vijayanagar dynasty, thus acquiring a considerable dominion, yielding a revenue of 4,000,000 rupees and supporting an army which included artillery manned by European gunners. Mīr Jūmla ultimately attached himself to the Mughal service, and accepted high office from Shāh Jahān. He died in 1663, during the reign of Aurangzeb, from the effects of the hardships of a campaign conducted against Assam (1661-3). (O.H.I., 405, 407, 410, 423-4; see also Sarkar’s History of Aurangzib; Manucci, i. 226 n., and other references in Irvine’s Index.)]