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Malwa Subah was one of the Subahs of the Mughal Empire from 1568-1743.
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History
Malwa was earlier an independent sultanate. Its last ruler Baz Bahadur was defeated and its capital Mandu was conquered in 1562 by the Akbar’s army led by Abdullah Khan, the Uzbeg.[1] He was appointed its first governor. In 1564 he was replaced by Qara Bahadur Khan. In 1568 it became a subah of Mughal empire. One of its last governors was Sawai Jai Singh, who was the governor of the Subah for three times, from 1714-17, from 1729-30 and from 28 September, 1732 to 4 August, 1737.[2] The Mughal hold on Malwa ended in 1743, when Peshwa Balaji Baji Rao obtained the formal grant of Naib-subahdari (deputy governorship) of Malwa.
Administrative divisions
Malwa Subah comprised 12 sarkars (districts): Ujjain, Chanderi, Raisen, Garha Mandla, Sarangpur, Bijagarh, Mandu, Handia, Nandurbar, Mandsaur, Gagron and Kotri-Parava. These sarkars are further divided into 301 parganas. The city of Ujjain was the capital of the subah.[3]
The sarkars (districts) and the parganas (tehsils) of Malwa Subah were:
Sarkar Pargana Ujjain 10 parganas, Ujjain was the capital Raisen 32 parganas Garha Mandla 57 parganas Chanderi 61 parganas Sarangpur 24 parganas Bijagarh 29 parganas Mandu 16 parganas Handia 23 parganas Nandurbar 7 parganas Mandsaur 17 parganas Gagron 12 parganas Kotri Parava 10 parganas List of Subahdars
Following is the list of subahdars of Malwa Subah from 1568-1743:[4]
Name From To Bidar Bakht 3 August 1704 March 1706 Khan-i-Alam April 1706 1707 Nejabat Khan April 1707 Sawai Jai Singh 1714 1717 Giridhar Bahadur June 1725 29 November 1728 Sawai Jai Singh (2nd term) October 1729 1730 Muhammad Khan Bangash 19 September 1730 October 1732 Sawai Jai Singh (3rd term) October 1732 4 August 1737 See also
Notes
- ^ Majumdar, R.C. (ed.) (2007). The Mughul Empire, Mumbai:Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, ISBN 81-7276-407-1, p.113
- ^ Sarkar, Jadunath (1984). A History of Jaipur, New Delhi:Orient Longman, ISBN 81 250 0333 9, pp.163-86
- ^ 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.206-31
- ^ Eaton, Richard M. (1993). The Rise of Islam and the Bengal Frontier, 1204-1760. Berkeley: University of California Press. pp. 325–6. ISBN 0-520-20507-3.
Categories:- Subdivisions of the Mughal Empire
- History of Malwa
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