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| Man Singh I | |||||
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| Maharaja of Amber Mirza Raja | |||||
 Portrait of Man Singh, c. 1590 | |||||
| 24th Raja of Amber | |||||
| Reign | 10 December 1589 – 6 July 1614 | ||||
| Coronation | 10 December 1589 | ||||
| Predecessor | Bhagwant Das | ||||
| Successor | Bhau Singh | ||||
| 9th Subahdar of Bengal | |||||
| Term | 9 November 1595 – 2 September 1606 | ||||
| Emperor | Akbar I Jahangir | ||||
| Predecessor | Syed Khan | ||||
| Successor | Qutubuddin Khan | ||||
| Subahdar of Kabul | |||||
| Term | 1585–1586 | ||||
| Emperor | Akbar I | ||||
| Predecessor | Mirza Muhammad Hakim | ||||
| Successor | Bhagwant Das | ||||
| Born | 21 December 1550 Amber, Amber Kingdom, (present-day Amer, Rajasthan, India) | ||||
| Died | 6 July 1614 (aged 63) Ellichpur, Berar Subah, Mughal Empire (present-day Achalpur, Maharashtra, India) | ||||
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| House | Kachhwaha | ||||
| Father | Bhagwant Das | ||||
| Mother | Bhagwati Bai | ||||
| Religion | Hinduism | ||||
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| Allegiance |  Mughal Empire
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| Service | Mughal Army | ||||
| Years of service | 1562–1614 | ||||
| Rank | Kunwar (1562–589) Mansab (1598–1605) Mansabdar (1605–1614) | ||||
Mirza Raja Man Singh I (21 December 1550 – 6 July 1614) was the 24th Maharaja of Amber from 1589 to 1614. He also served as the Subahdar of Bengal for three terms from 1595 to 1606 and the Subahdar of Kabul from 1585 to 1586.[1] He served in the Imperial 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.[2] He is commonly considered to be one of the Navaratnas, or the nine (nava) gems (ratna) of the royal court of Akbar.[3][4]
- ^ "Peshawar, Pakistan, 1980", Crossing the River Kabul, Potomac Books, pp. 153–155, doi:10.2307/j.ctt1p6jhvp.50, retrieved 24 December 2023
- ^ 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.
- ^ 30. Ra´jah Ma´n Singh, son of Bhagwán Dás - Biography Archived 7 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine Ain-i-Akbari, Vol. I.
- ^ Raja Man Singh Biography India's who's who, www.mapsofindia.com.