Bhagwant Das

Bhagawant Das (1527 – 4 December 1589) was a Kacchwaha ruler of Amber.

Bhagwant Das
Raja of Amer
Reign27 January 1574 – 4 December 1589[1]
Born1527
Died4 December 1589 (aged 61–62)
Lahore
SpouseBhagwati Devi
IssueMan Singh I (1550–1614)
Madho Singh (1561–1601)
Manbhawati Bai (1570–1605)
Bajresh Singh (1579–1601)
Anupurva bai (1581–1648)
Jijayi Ji bai (1589–1622)
FatherBharmal
MotherPhulvati Bai of Mandore[2]

Life
Amber Fort, in Amber, the capital of Raja Bhagwant Das

He was the eldest son of Raja Bharmal and succeeded him, after his death.[3] Raja Bhagwant was also the elder brother of Mariam-uz-Zamani, one of the wives of the Mughal emperor Akbar.[4]

Bhagwant Das was one of the generals of Akbar, who awarded him a mansab (rank) of 5000 in 1585.[5] and conferred him the title of Amir-ul-Umra.[6] He fought many battles for Akbar, including battles in Punjab, Kashmir, and Afghanistan, and was also the governor of Kabul. Bhagwant Das soundly defeated the army of the Kashmiri king, Yousuf Shah Chak.[7]

He married his daughter, Manbhawati Bai, to Prince Salim, who later assumed throne as emperor Jahangir.[8][9] Their child was Jahangir's eldest son, Khusrau Mirza.[10]

Shortly after attending the cremation of Todar Mal in Lahore, Bhagwant Das, having suffering from a bout of vomiting and strangury, died in 1589.[11] He was succeeded by his son from Bhagawati Devi, Raja Man Singh I.[3][12] His second son, Madho Singh, became the ruler of Bhangarh.[13]

Ancestry

References
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  6. Prasad, Rajiva Nain (1966). Raja Man Singh of Amber. p. 77.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  7. Sarkar (1994, p. 64)
  8. Khan, Refaqat Ali (1976). The Kachhwahas under Akbar and Jahangir. Kitab Publishers. p. 45.
  9. Fisher, Michael (2019). A Short History of the Mughal Empire. London and New York: Bloomsbury Academic. p. 87. ISBN 978-1-350-12753-1.
  10. Singh, Nagendra Kr (2001). Encyclopaedia of Muslim Biography: I-M. New Delhi: A.P.H. Publishing Corporation. p. 335. ISBN 978-81-7648-233-2.
  11. Prasad (1966, pp. 77–78)
  12. Bhatnagar (1974, pp. 9–10)
  13. Hooja (2006, p. 506)
  14. Sarkar (1994, p. 32, )
  15. Sarkar (1994, p. 33, )
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