Bhagwant Das

Bhagwant Das
Raja of Amber
Governor of Lahore
Amir-ul-Umra
Portrait of Raja Bhagvant Das c. 1610-1620, Royal Collection
23rd Raja of Amber
Reign25 January 1574 – 4 December 1589[1]
Coronation25 January 1574
PredecessorBharmal
SuccessorMan Singh I
Subahdar of Lahore
EmperorAkbar I
PredecessorSaid Khan
SuccessorRai Singh
Subahdar of Kabul
Term1586 (few months)
EmperorAkbar I
PredecessorMan Singh I
SuccessorIsma'il Quit Khan
Bornc. 1527
Amber, Amber Kingdom
(modern-day Rajasthan, India)
Died4 December 1589 (aged 61–62)
Lahore, Lahore Subah, Mughal Empire
(modern day Punjab, Pakistan)
Spouse
  • Bhagwati Devi Panwar
  • Durgavati Bai Rathore
Issue
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HouseKachhwaha
FatherBharmal
MotherPhulvati Bai of Mandore[2]
ReligionHinduism

Raja Bhagwant Das (c. 1527 – 4 December 1589) was the 23rd Kacchwaha ruler of Amber.He also served as the Subahdar of Lahore and the Subahdar of Kabul for a few months in 1586.[3][4] His sister, Mariam-uz-Zamani, was the chief consort of Mughal emperor Akbar. His son, Man Singh I, one of the Navaratnas of Akbar became the highest-ranking official of his court and his daughter, Man Bai, was the first and chief wife of Prince Salim (later Jahangir).

  1. ^ Sarkar, Jadunath (1994) [1984]. Raghubir Sinh (ed.). A History of Jaipur: C. 1503-1938. New Delhi: Orient Longman. ISBN 978-81-250-0333-5.
  2. ^ Bhatnagar, V. S. (1974). Life and Times of Sawai Jai Singh, 1688-1743. Delhi. p. 10.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. ^ "Peshawar, Pakistan, 1980", Crossing the River Kabul, Potomac Books, pp. 153–155, doi:10.2307/j.ctt1p6jhvp.50, retrieved 24 December 2023
  4. ^ Husain, Afzal (1970). "Provincial Governors Under Akbar (1580-1605)". Proceedings of the Indian History Congress. 32: 269–277. JSTOR 44141074.

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