Ajmer Subah

The Ajmer Subah was one of the original 12 subahs that comprised the Mughal Empire after the administrative reform by Akbar. Its borders roughly corresponded to modern-day Rajasthan, and the capital was the city of Ajmer.[1] It bordered the subahs of Agra, Delhi, Gujarat, Thatta, Multan, and Malwa.

Ajmer Subah
اجمیر
Subah of the Mughal Empire
1580–1758
CapitalAjmer
Government
Subahdar 
• 1580
Dastam Khan
History 
• Established
1580
• Maratha occupation
1758
Preceded by		Succeeded by
Rajput states
Maratha Empire
Rajputana Agency
Today part ofIndia

History

Mughal patronage of the city of Ajmer in the 16th century through the support of local Sufi shrines (such as one dedicated to Moinuddin Chishti) through waqfs, culminating in Akbar's pilgrimage to the city itself in 1562. Jahangir continued the legacy of pilgrimage and imperial patronage. Shah Jahan visited the shrine as well in 1628, 1636, 1643, and 1654. Aurangzeb visited once, prior to his Deccan campaigns.[2]:28–35

For a brief period in the 1720, Ajit Singh of Marwar occupied Ajmer and declared independence from Mughal rule until Muhammad Shah reconquered the province.

In March 1752, the Maratha peshwas demanded the governorship of Ajmer from the Mughals, and Jayappaji Rao Scindia went to war supporting Ram Singh of Marwar when the request was denied, sacking the city of Ajmer. In 1754, the Marathas won at the Battle of Gagwana gaining nominal, and soon official, control of the Subah. The first Maratha subahdar was Govind Rao.[2]:50

Government

Subahdars
Personal NameReign[3][2]
Dastam Khan1580–c. 1595
Sherza Khan1595–?
Sultan Salim1598–?
Iftikhar Khanc. 1680–?
Shujaʾat Khanc. 1710–?
Ajit Singh of Marwar1719–1723
Haider Quli Khan1723–?
Qamar al Din
Jai Singh II1740–?
Maratha rule
Govind Rao1758–?
Santuji1770s
Mirza Chaman Beg1770s
Pandit Govind Rai1780s
Rao Bala Ingliac. 1807
Rao Gomanji Scindia1810s

Administrative divisions

Ajmer was divided into 7 sarkars under Akbar's reign.[4]

SarkarParganas
Ajmer (capital)24
Jodhpur21
Chittor28
Ranthambore36
Nagaur30
Sirohi
Bikaner

References
  1. Chaudhary, S. S. (2000). Ranthambhore Beyond Tigers. Himanshu Publications. p. 48.
  2. Thelen, Elizabeth M. (2018). Intersected Communities: Urban Histories of Rajasthan, c. 1500 – 1800 (PDF) (Thesis). University of California, Berkeley.
  3. Husain, Afzal (1970). "Provincial Governors Under Akbar (1580-1605)". Proceedings of the Indian History Congress. 32 (1): 269-277.
  4. 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.101-2
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