how Shivaji Maharaj ascend the throne of Surat?
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Composition of ForcesEdit
Local Subedar, Inayat Khan who was appointed by Aurangzeb, had only 1000 men at his command. After sacking the Mughalgarrison Shivaji attacked the Port of Surat and set the local shipping industry ablaze.
Shivaji was assisted by notable commanders along with cavalry of 4000.[citation needed]
Movement and clash of forcesEdit
Shivaji attacked Surat after a demand for tribute was rejected. The Mughal Sardar, was very surprised by the suddenness of the attack, unwilling to face the Maratha forces, he hid himself in the fort of Surat. However, there was an attempt of life on Shivaji by the emissary sent by the Mughal sardar.[citation needed]
Surat was under attack for nearly three days, in which the Maratha army looted all possible wealth from Mughal and Portuguese trading centers. The Maratha soldiers took away cash, gold, silver, pearls, rubies, diamonds and emeralds from the houses of rich merchants such as Virji Vora, Haji Zahid Beg, Haji Kasim and others. The business of Mohandas Parekh, the deceased broker of the Dutch East India Company, was spared as he was reputed as a charitable man.[2][3] Similarly, Shivaji did not plunder the houses of the foreign missionaries.[4] The French traveller Francois Bernier wrote in his Travels in Mughal India