Sawai Raja Sur Singh Rathore or Suraj Mal or Suraj Singh (24 April 1571 – 7 September 1619), was the Raja of

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Kingdom (11 July 1595 – 7 September 1619). His

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was the wife of Emperor

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and mother of

Shah Jahan Shihab-ud-Din Muhammad Khurram (5 January 1592 – 22 January 1666), better known by his regnal name Shah Jahan I (; ), was the fifth emperor of the Mughal Empire, reigning from January 1628 until July 1658. Under his emperorship, the Mugha ...

Early life

Suraj Mal, he was the son of Raja Udai Singh, the ruler of

. His mother was Rajavat Kachwahi Manrang Deviji, the principal wife of his father and daughter of Raja Askaran of

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, who was also briefly Raja of

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before being ousted in favour of his uncle,

Bharmal Raja Bharmal, also known as Bihari Mal, Bhagmal and Bihar Mal ( 1498 – 27 January 1574), was the 22nd Rajput ruler of Amber, which was later known as Jaipur, in the present-day Rajasthan state of India. His daughter, Mariam-uz-Zamani (po ...

. He was the older full brother of Mani Bai, through whom he was the maternal uncle of

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; and Kishan Singh, the founder of Kingdom of Kishangarh.

Reign

Sur Singh succeeded his father upon his death, and he was given tilak by Akbar on 23 July 1595. Akbar bestowed upon him 16 parganas and a mansab of 2000 Zat and Sawar. He was sent to look into the affairs of

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in the absence of Prince

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who had left for Deccan. In 1597, a revolt broke out in Gujarat, and he was appointed to take the expedition against Bahadur, son of Muzaffar Gujrati. However Bahadur fled away the field without facing the besieging army. In 1599, he was sent to assist

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in the conquest of the

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for Emperor

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. In 1604 on the request of Daniyal Mirza, he was allowed to return to Jodhpur and was granted Jaitaran and western half of Merta pargana. He received the hereditary title of Sawai Raja in recognition of his many services. Under the reign of

, in 1607 he was sent to put down the rebellion in Gujarat. On 1608, he attended the court of Jahangir and presented a poet who wrote verse in the Hindi language. Later that year, he was granted 3000 Zat and 2000 Sawar. In 1613, he was granted the pargana of Phalodi and was deputed by the Emperor along with Prince Khurram to undertake the expedition of

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. The local knowledge by the Raja fully utilised by Khurram against the Rana of Mewar and various outpost were established on his suggestion. In 1615, he was promoted to rank of 5000 Zat and 3300 Sawar and was posted to Deccan to subdue the various rebelling vassals. At his departure, a robe of honour along with a horse was bestowed upon him.

Death

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, Satalmar,

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, Merta, Phalodi,

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, Terwada, Merwada, villages of Gorwada,

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and Bhatnagar in

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, Chorgaon in Deccan and

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. He was succeeded by his son

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Early life

Reign

Death

Ancestry

References

See also