Siddi Sambal was the Siddi admiral of the Mughal Empire. On 10 October 1673, he and his fleet entered Bombay without permission from the British. They destroyed the Pen and Nagothan rivers which were very important for the British and the Maratha King Shivaji.

• An African Indian Community in Hyderabad By Ababu Minda Yimene, p. 94