# Rustam Zaman

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{{Short description|Indian general}}
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| name             = Rustam Khan
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| parents          = [Randaula Khan](/source/Randaula_Khan) (father)
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| monarch          = {{collapsible list|[Mohammed Adil Shah](/source/Mohammed_Adil_Shah%2C_Sultan_of_Bijapur)<br>[Ali Adil Shah II](/source/Ali_Adil_Shah_II)}}
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| honorific_prefix = Rustam-i-Zaman
| battles          = {{tree list}}[Maratha](/source/Maratha_Empire)–[Bijapur](/source/Bijapur_Sultanate) Wars
**[Battle of Pratapgarh](/source/Battle_of_Pratapgarh)
**[Siege of Panhala](/source/Siege_of_Panhala_(1660))
**[Battle of Pavan Khind](/source/Battle_of_Pavan_Khind)
**Battle of Kolhapur {{tree list/end}}
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'''Rustam Zaman''' was the title of a [Bijapuri](/source/Adil_Shahi) general who commanded [Adil Shah's](/source/Adilshah) 10,000-strong army in the [Battle of Kolhapur](/source/Battle_of_Kolhapur) against [Shivaji](/source/Shivaji)'s forces. Rustam had participated in many wars against the Marathas and their leader [Shivaji](/source/Shivaji). One of those battles were [Siege of Panhala (1660)](/source/Siege_of_Panhala_(1660)), [Battle of Pavan Khind](/source/Battle_of_Pavan_Khind), Battle of Kolhapur and many more.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Gordon |first=Stewart |title=The Marathas 1600-1818 |date=February 2007 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=9780521033169 |language=en}}</ref> He also was the son of [Ranadulla Khan](/source/Ranadulla_Khan) (who also held the title ''Rustam-i-Zaman''<ref name=":1">{{cite book |author=B. Muddhachari |title=The Mysore-Maratha Relations in the 17th Century |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w1PRAAAAMAAJ |year=1969 |publisher=Prasārānga, University of Mysore |page=15 }}</ref>), an experienced and senior general of Bijapur and the chief mentor and guardian of [Shahaji](/source/Shahaji).<ref name=":1" />

==Reign==
He participated in the war against the [Marathas](/source/Marathas) under [Afzal Khan](/source/Afzal_Khan_(general)). He was routed but he was allowed to go back to Bijapur by Nur Khan Beg and [Tanaji Malusare](/source/Tanaji_Malusare), military commanders of Shivaji.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last=Duff |first=James Grant |title=A History of the Mahrattas |publisher=Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green |year=1826 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0" />

He led the 10,000-strong Bijapuri army against the 3500 light cavalry of Marathas at [Kolhapur](/source/Kolhapur). Due to the superior use of flanks  by Shivaji, the Marathas won the battle and Rustam Zaman and Fazal Khan fled to [Bijapur](/source/Bijapur%2C_Karnataka). It is said that in this battle shivaji used same tactics which [Babur](/source/Babur) used against [Rana Sanga](/source/Rana_Sanga) of [Mewar](/source/Mewar).<ref name=":2" />

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