The Ajmer Subah () was one of the original 12 subahs (provinces) that comprised the Mughal Empire after the administrative reform under the rule of Akbar. Its borders roughly corresponded to modern-day Rajasthan, and the capital was the city of Ajmer.
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.
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.
Geography Ajmer Subah was bordered to the north by Multan Subah and Delhi Subah, to the west by Thatta Subah, to the South by Gujarat Subah and Malwa Subah and to the east by the Agra Subah.
Government
Subahdars Personal Name Reign Dastam Khan 1580–c. 1595 Sherza Khan 1595–? Prince Salim 1598–? Iftikhar Khan c. 1680–? Shujaat Khan c. 1710–? Ajit Singh of Marwar 1719–1723 Haider Quli Khan 1723–? Qamar al-Din Jai Singh II 1740–? Maratha rule Sahaba Patel 1752-1752 Pandit Govind Rao 1753–1761 Santaji Rao 1761-1770 Sambhaji Rao 1770-1773 Mirza Anwar Beg 1773-1787 Shivaji Nanasaheb (As deputy of Lakhwa Dada) 1790-1801 Perron 1801-1803 Bala Rao Ingaliah (As deputy of Ambaji Ingaliah) 1806-1809 Gomanji Rao 1809-1816 Bapuji Shinde 1816-1818
Administrative divisions Ajmer was divided into 7 sarkars under Akbar's reign.Abul Fazl-i-Allami (1949, reprint 1993). Ain-i-Akbari, Vol.II (English tr. by H. S. Jarrett, rev. by J. N. Sarkar), Calcutta: The Asiatic Society, pp.101-2
Sarkar Parganas Ajmer (capital) 24 Jodhpur 21 Chittor 28 Ranthambore 36 Nagaur 30 Sirohi Bikaner
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