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Most Profitable Pirate Raid

1695 English pirate Henry Every and his crew aboard the Fancy capture the armed Mughal trading ship Ganj-i-Sawai in the Arabian Sea in one of the most profitable raids in history, with loot valued between £325,000 and £600,000. The East India Company later compensates for the loss after Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb closes five ports to English trade.



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