Malwa Subah
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 Mughal Subahdars (Governors) of Malwa (1561 - 1736)
See also
Notes
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- ↑ 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
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