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Man Singh I

Man Singh I
Maharaja of Amber
Mirza Raja
Raja Man Singh I
Portrait of Man Singh, c. 1590
25th Raja of Amber
Reign10 December 1589 –
6 July 1614
Coronation10 December 1589
PredecessorBhagwant Das
SuccessorBhau Singh
Subahdar of Bihar
Term1587 -1594
EmperorAkbar I
SuccessorSaeed Khan Chaghta
9th Subahdar of Bengal
Term9 November 1595 – 2 September 1606
EmperorAkbar I
Jahangir
PredecessorSyed Khan
SuccessorQutubuddin Khan
Subahdar of Kabul
Term10 October 1585–1586
EmperorAkbar I
PredecessorMirza Muhammad Hakim
SuccessorBhagwant Das
Born21 December 1550
Amber, Amber Kingdom, (present-day Amer, Rajasthan, India)
Died6 July 1614(1614-07-06) (aged 63)
Ellichpur, Berar Subah, Mughal Empire
(present-day Achalpur, Maharashtra, India)
Spouse
  • Sushilawati Bai
  • Munwari Bai
  • Sahodra Gaud
    more...
Issue
among others...
  • Kunwar Jagat Singh
  • Raja Bhau Singh
  • Kunwar Durjan Singh
Names
Mirza Raja Man Singh Kachhwaha
HouseKachhwaha
FatherBhagwant Das
MotherBhagwati Bai
ReligionHinduism
Military career
AllegianceMughal Empire
Kingdom of Amber
ServiceMughal Army
Years of service1562–1614
RankKunwar (1562–1589)
Mansab (1598–1605)
Mansabdar (1605–1614)
Commands Bengal
Kabul
Battles / wars
See list

Raja Man Singh I (21 December 1550 – 6 July 1614) was the 24th Maharaja of Kingdom of Amber from 1589 to 1614. He also served as the Subahdar of Bihar from 1587 to 1594,[1] then for Bengal for three terms from 1595 to 1606 and the Subahdar of Kabul from 1585 to 1586.[2] He served in the Mughal Army under Emperor Akbar. Man Singh fought sixty-seven important battles in Kabul, Balkh, Bukhara, Bengal and Central and Southern India. He was well versed in the battle tactics of both the Rajputs as well as the Mughals.[3] He is commonly considered to be one of the Navaratnas, or the nine (nava) gems (ratna) of the royal court of Akbar.[4][5]

  1. ^ Ahmad, Imtiaz (2002). "Mughal Governors of Bihar Under Akbar and Jahangir". Proceedings of the Indian History Congress. 63: 281–288. JSTOR 44158096.
  2. ^ "Peshawar, Pakistan, 1980", Crossing the River Kabul, Potomac Books, pp. 153–155, doi:10.2307/j.ctt1p6jhvp.50, retrieved 24 December 2023
  3. ^ Hooja, Rima (2018). Rajasthan, a concise history. Rupa Publications India. p. 322. ISBN 9788129150431. Man Singh took part in as many as sixty-seven important military campaigns and battles....Man Singh became familiar with traditional Rajput as well as Mughal technique of warfare and tactics.
  4. ^ 30. Ra´jah Ma´n Singh, son of Bhagwán Dás - Biography Archived 7 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine Ain-i-Akbari, Vol. I.
  5. ^ Raja Man Singh Biography India's who's who, www.mapsofindia.com.

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