Askaran | |
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Raja of Amber Raja of Narwar | |
Raja of Amber | |
Reign | 15 May 1548 – 1 June 1548 |
Predecessor | Ratan Singh |
Successor | Bharmal |
Raja of Narwar | |
Reign | ? – c.1599 |
Successor | Raj Singh |
Died | c.1599 |
Spouse | Indravati of Marwar |
Issue |
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Dynasty | Kachwaha |
Father | Bhim Singh |
Raja Askaran (? – c. 1599) was a late sixteenth-century Kachwaha Rajput ruler. Though briefly Raja of Amber, for the majority of his life Askaran was the ruler of Narwar. He also had a distinguished career as a military officer under the Mughal emperor Akbar and rose high in his service.
Through his maternal granddaughter Jagat Gosain, he was the great-grandfather of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan.