Bhagwant Das

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Bhagwant Das
Raja of Amber
Reign25 January 1574 – 4 December 1589[1]
Born1527
Died4 December 1589 (aged 61–62)
Lahore
Spouse
  • Bhagwati Devi Panwar
  • Durgavati Bai Rathore
Issue
  • Man Singh I (1550–1614)
  • Raikumvar Bai
  • Manbhawati Bai (1570–1604)
  • Madho Singh
  • Pratap Singh
  • Kunwar Hardas Singh
  • kunwar Kanah
  • Kinwar Vanmali Das
  • Kunwar Bhiv
  • Chandarsera Singh
  • Bajresh Singh (1579–1601)
  • Anupurva bai (1581–1648)
  • Jijayi Ji bai (1589–1622)
  • Sur Singh
FatherBharmal
MotherPhulvati Bai of Mandore[2]

Raja Bhagawant Das (1527 – 4 December 1589) was a Kacchwaha ruler of Amber. he was father-in-law of the Mughal emperor Jahangir and father of Man Singh I and Manbhawati Bai and brother-in-law of the great Mughal emperor Akbar and eldest brother of Mariam-uz-Zamani and eldest son of Raja Bharmal and also the successor of has father Raja Bharmal.

Life[]

Amber Fort, in Amber, the capital of Raja Bhagwant Das.

He was the eldest son of Raja Bharmal and succeeded him.[3]

Bhagwant Das was one of the generals of Akbar, who awarded him a mansab (rank) of 5000 in 1585.[4] and conferred him the title of Amir-ul-Umra.[5] He fought many battles for Akbar, including battles in Punjab, Kashmir, and Afghanistan, and was also the governor of Kabul. Bhagwant Das soundly defeated the army of the Kashmiri king, Yousuf Shah Chak.[6]

He married his daughter, Manbhawati Bai, to Prince Salim, who later assumed throne as emperor Jahangir.[7][8] Their child was Jahangir's eldest son, Khusrau Mirza.[9]

Shortly after attending the cremation of Todar Mal in Lahore, Bhagwant Das, having suffering from a bout of vomiting and strangury, died in 1589.[10] He was succeeded by his son from Bhagawati Devi, Raja Man Singh I.[11][12] His second son, Madho Singh, became the ruler of Bhangarh.[13]

Ancestry[]

References[]

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  2. ^ a b c d Bhatnagar, V. S. (1974). Life and Times of Sawai Jai Singh, 1688-1743. Delhi. p. 10.
  3. ^ Hooja, Rima (2006). A History of Rajasthan. Rupa & Company. p. 484. ISBN 978-81-291-0890-6.
  4. ^ Abu'l-Fazl (1973) [1907]. The Akbarnama of Abu'l-Fazl. Vol. III. Translated by Henry Beveridge. Delhi: Rare Books.
  5. ^ Prasad, Rajiva Nain (1966). Raja Man Singh of Amber. p. 77.
  6. ^ Sarkar (1994, p. 64)
  7. ^ Khan, Refaqat Ali (1976). The Kachhwahas under Akbar and Jahangir. Kitab Publishers. p. 45.
  8. ^ Fisher, Michael (2019). A Short History of the Mughal Empire. London and New York: Bloomsbury Academic. p. 87. ISBN 978-1-350-12753-1.
  9. ^ Singh, Nagendra Kr (2001). Encyclopaedia of Muslim Biography: I-M. New Delhi: A.P.H. Publishing Corporation. p. 335. ISBN 978-81-7648-233-2.
  10. ^ Prasad (1966, pp. 77–78)
  11. ^ Dundlod, Harnath Singh (1970). Jaipur and Its Environs. Raj. Educational Printers. p. 7.
  12. ^ Bhatnagar (1974, pp. 9–10)
  13. ^ Hooja (2006, p. 506)
  14. ^ Eaton, Richard (2019). India in the Persianate Age: 1000-1765. p. 130. ISBN 9780141966557.
  15. ^ a b Sarkar (1994, p. 33, [1])
  16. ^ Sarkar (1994, p. 32, [2])
  17. ^ Singh, Rajvi Amar (1992). Mediaeval History of Rajasthan: Western Rajasthan. p. 1518.
  18. ^ Saran, Richard; Ziegler, Norman P. (2001). The Meṛtīyo Rāṭhoṛs of Meṛto, Rājasthān: Biographical notes with introduction, glossary of kinship terms and indexes (PDF). University of Michigan, Centers for South and Southeast Asian Studies. p. 162. ISBN 9780891480853.
  19. ^ Singh (1992, p. 145)
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