Gonds of Deogarh
House of Devgad | |
---|---|
Nagpur Kingdom | |
Founded | 17th century |
Founder | Jatba |
Current head | Virendra Shah |
Final ruler | Azam Shah |
Titles | Raja |
Members | Jatba Bakht Buland Shah Chand Sultan |
The Gonds of Deogarh were a
Establishment
The Gauli princes (Yadav) were the predecessors to the Gond house of Deogarh, ruling for 70 years from 1472 to 1542.[14]
The Gond dynasty of Deogarh was founded by a Gond named Jatba.[15] The Indian Antiquities says that Jatba was a servant under two Gaoli princes, Ransur and Ghansur, and that he treacherously deposed them.[16] Originally, the Gond house of Devagad hailed from Haraya or Harayagad, but later on it was shifted to Devagad about 24 miles from Haraya under Jatba.[9][17]
Peak
The Gond kingdom of Deogarh reached its peak under the capable leadership of Bakht Buland Shah and his successor Chand Sultan.[citation needed]
Decline
After
However, dissensions continued between the brothers and once again, the elder brother Burhan Shah requested the aid of
Rebellion of Raghunath Singh
Titular rulers under the Marathas and British
Raja Burhan Shah was succeeded by Rahman Shah. He was succeeded by Suleiman Shah, a minor, his nephew and adopted son, succeeded him, just two years before the death of the
Relations with the Mughals
In 1564, Akbar's general Khwaja Abdul Majid Asaf Khan had attacked Panna and made it a feudatory state. Then he attacked & defeated Garha-Katanga ruled by Rani Durgavati and made it also a feudatory state with reduced boundaries. However, he did not invade Deogarh and treated it as a border semi-independent state. He was satisfied with Deogarh accepting his suzerainty. The Mughal governors of the province allowed the Deogarh rulers to rule of their territory on payment of yearly tribute.[26]
The Ain-i-Akbari by Abul Fazl records that Jatba, the Gond king of Deogarh, was an ennobled vassal of Akbar and was paying annual tribute to him.[15] It is said that Akbar visited Deogarh during Jatba's reign.[27]
The Ain-i-Akbari by Abul Fazl says that Jatba possessed 2,000 horses, 50,000 foot soldiers and 100 elephants[26]- "To the east of the Kherla Sarkar lay the territories of a zamindar named Chatwa who possessed 2000 cavalry, 50,000 footmen and more than 100 elephants". This 'Chatwa' was probably Jatba.[28][29] Maharaja Jatba visited the Mughal emperor Jahangir in 1616.[14]
If Mughal sources are to be believed, the rulers of Deogarh often delayed in paying tribute or sometimes did not pay it at all. Hence in August 1669, the kingdom was brought under direct rule of the empire. In 1686, Bhagtu, one of the sons of Kok Shah went to Aurangzeb at Solapur or Bijapur for help, accepted Islam, and was rechristened as Bakht Buland.[26]
Invasion of Nagpur by the Mughals
In January of 1637, Deogarh was invaded by Khan-i-Dauran. One of the reasons could be
List of rulers
- Jatba (1580–1620)[30]
- Kok Shah (c. 1620 – 1640)[4]
- Kesari Shah (1640 - 1657)
- Gorakh Shah (1657 - 1669)
- Direct Mughal rule (1669 - 1686)
- Bakht Buland Shah (1686–1706)
- Chand Sultan (1706–1739)
- Wali Shah
- Burhan Shah and Akbar Shah
Titular rulers
- Burhan Shah (c.1740 - 1796)
- Rahman Shah
- Suleiman Shah (1851 - 15 April 1885)
- Azam Shah (1956)
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