Ajmer Subah

Ajmer Subah
اجمیر
Ajmer Subah اجمیر
Subah of the Mughal Empire
1580–1758
Capital	Ajmer
History
Government
Subahdar
• 1580	Dastam Khan
History
• Established	1580
• Maratha occupation	1758
Preceded by	Succeeded by
	Rajput states
Maratha Empire
Rajputana Agency
Today part of	India

The Ajmer Subah was one of the original 12 subahs that comprised the Mughal Empire after the administrative reform by Akbar. Its borders roughly corresponded to modern-day Rajasthan, and the capital was the city of Ajmer.^[1] It bordered the subahs of Agra, Delhi, Gujarat, Thatta, Multan, and Malwa.

History[]

Mughal patronage of the city of Ajmer in the 16th century through the support of local Sufi shrines (such as one dedicated to Moinuddin Chishti) through waqfs, culminating in Akbar's pilgrimage to the city itself in 1562. Jahangir continued the legacy of pilgrimage and imperial patronage. Shah Jahan visited the shrine as well in 1628, 1636, 1643, and 1654. Aurangzeb visited once, prior to his Deccan campaigns.^[2]^: 28–35

For a brief period in the 1720, Ajit Singh of Marwar occupied Ajmer and declared independence from Mughal rule until Muhammad Shah reconquered the province.

In March 1752, the Maratha peshwas demanded the governorship of Ajmer from the Mughals, and Jayappaji Rao Scindia went to war supporting Ram Singh of Marwar when the request was denied, sacking the city of Ajmer.

Government[]

Subahdars[]

Personal Name	Reign^[3]^[2]
	1580–c. 1595
	1595–?
Prince Salim	1598–?
	c. 1680–?
	c. 1710–?
Ajit Singh of Marwar	1719–1723
	1723–?
Qamar al Din
Jai Singh II	1740–?
Maratha rule
	1758–?
Santuji	1770s
	1770s
	1780s
	c. 1807
	1810s

Administrative divisions[]

Ajmer was divided into 7 sarkars under Akbar's reign.^[4]

Sarkar	Parganas
Ajmer (capital)	24
Jodhpur	21
Chittor	28
Ranthambore	36
Nagaur	30
Sirohi
Bikaner

References[]

^ Chaudhary, S. S. (2000). Ranthambhore Beyond Tigers. Himanshu Publications. p. 48.
^ ^a ^b Thelen, Elizabeth M. (2018). Intersected Communities: Urban Histories of Rajasthan, c. 1500 – 1800 (PDF) (Thesis). University of California, Berkeley.
^ Husain, Afzal (1970). "Provincial Governors Under Akbar (1580-1605)". Proceedings of the Indian History Congress. 32 (1): 269-277.
^ Abul Fazl-i-Allami (1949, reprint 1993). Ain-i-Akbari, Vol.II (English tr. by H. S. Jarrett, rev. by J. N. Sarkar), Calcutta: The Asiatic Society, pp.101-2

[1] Chaudhary, S. S. (2000). Ranthambhore Beyond Tigers. Himanshu Publications. p. 48.

[Thelen-2] Thelen, Elizabeth M. (2018). Intersected Communities: Urban Histories of Rajasthan, c. 1500 – 1800 (PDF) (Thesis). University of California, Berkeley.

[3] Husain, Afzal (1970). "Provincial Governors Under Akbar (1580-1605)". Proceedings of the Indian History Congress. 32 (1): 269-277.

[4] Abul Fazl-i-Allami (1949, reprint 1993). Ain-i-Akbari, Vol.II (English tr. by H. S. Jarrett, rev. by J. N. Sarkar), Calcutta: The Asiatic Society, pp.101-2

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