Dhari Malla, also known as Ban or Bira Malla was the forty-eight king of the

Mallabhum Mallabhum (The Country originally known as Mallabhoom or Mallabani bn, মল্লভূম or Bishnupur kingdom ) was the kingdom ruled by the Malla kings of Bishnupur, primarily in the present Bankura district in Indian state of West Beng ...

. He ruled from 1554 to 1565 CE.

History

Dhari Malla (1554 CE. to 1565 CE.) the eldest son of Bir Malla was contemporary to the Emperor Akbar at

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. it is told that during his regime, Mallabhum was included under the control of the

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. He was the first Malla king to acknowledge the suzerainty of the emperor and promised to pay a tribute. Akbar for the convenience of his administration divided his kingdom into fifteen divisions or Subahs. Each Subah was under the control of one Najim or Shipahashalar.

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and

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together formed a Subah. The Najim of that Subah imposed tax of rupees one lakh seven thousand coins that is one lakh and eighty thousand rupees to the Malla kingdom. It is told that all the time Dhari Malla used to take back the money tactfully who had to pay as tax. Even then he was very disturbed and had an insulted and unsecured feeling on the Najim's behaviour. Due to the feeling of insecurity, he paid attention on the security of his kingdom. He accumulated numerous firearms,

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etc.

References

Sources

* * * O’Malley, L.S.S., ICS, Bankura, Bengal District Gazetteers, pp. 21-46(25), 1995 reprint, first published 1908, Government of West Bengal Kings of Mallabhum Malla kings 16th-century Indian monarchs Mallabhum {{India-royal-stub