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Ajmer Subah
اجمیر
Subah of the Mughal Empire
1580–1758
Flag of Ajmer
Alam flag of the Mughal Empire
Ajmer Subah.png
Ajmer Subah depicted in map of Mughal India by Robert Wilkinson (1805)
CapitalAjmer
History
Government
Subahdar 
• 1580
Dastam Khan
History 
• Established
1580
• Maratha occupation
1758
Preceded by Succeeded by
Rajput states
Maratha Empire
Rajputana Agency
Today part ofIndia

The Ajmer Subah was one of the original 12 subahs that comprised the Mughal Empire after the administrative reform by Akbar. Its borders roughly corresponded to modern-day Rajasthan, and the capital was the city of Ajmer. It bordered the subahs of Agra, Delhi, Gujarat, Thatta, Multan, and Malwa.

History

Mughal patronage of the city of Ajmer in the 16th century through the support of local Sufi shrines (such as one dedicated to Moinuddin Chishti) through waqfs, culminating in Akbar's pilgrimage to the city itself in 1562. Jahangir continued the legacy of pilgrimage and imperial patronage. Shah Jahan visited the shrine as well in 1628, 1636, 1643, and 1654. Aurangzeb visited once, prior to his Deccan campaigns.: 28–35 

For a brief period in the 1720, Ajit Singh of Marwar occupied Ajmer and declared independence from Mughal rule until the Barha Sayyids reconquered the province.

In March 1752, the Maratha peshwas demanded the governorship of Ajmer from the Mughals, and Jayappaji Rao Scindia went to war supporting Ram Singh of Marwar when the request was denied, sacking the city of Ajmer.

Government

Subahdars

Personal Name Reign
Dastam Khan 1580–c. 1595
Sherza Khan 1595–?
Prince Salim 1598–?
Iftikhar Khan c. 1680–?
Shujaʾat Khan c. 1710–?
Ajit Singh of Marwar 1719–1723
Haider Quli Khan 1723–?
Qamar al Din
Jai Singh II 1740–?
Maratha rule
Govind Rao 1758–?
Santuji 1770s
Mirza Chaman Beg 1770s
Pandit Govind Rai 1780s
Rao Bala Inglia c. 1807
Rao Gomanji Scindia 1810s

Administrative divisions

Ajmer was divided into 7 sarkars under Akbar's reign.

Sarkar Parganas
Ajmer (capital) 24
Jodhpur 21
Chittor 28
Ranthambore 36
Nagaur 30
Sirohi
Bikaner

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