Sidi Yaqub

Siddi Yaqut Khan was a Mughal Admiral and coastal chieftain from Murud Janjira, he fought the British East India Company. In 1689 the strong Mughal fleet from Janjira, commanded by the Sidi Yaqub and manned by Mappila and Abyssinians, firmly blockaded Bombay. After a year of resistance, the English surrendered, and in 1690 the company sent envoys to Aurangzeb's camp to plead for a pardon.