Shiva Simha Singh

Shiva Simha Singh
Brahman King of Mithila
Reign1412–1416
PredecessorDevasimha
SuccessorLakhima Devi
BornSivasimha
ConsortLakhima Devi
Wives
  • Padmavati
  • Lakhima Devi
  • Viśvasadevi
Regnal name
Mithila Naresh Raja Sivasimha
House Oiniwar Dynasty
FatherDevasimha
MotherHasini Devi
ReligionHinduism

Shiva Simha Singh was the King of Oiniwar dynasty in Mithila.[1] He is also known as Sivasimha. He was also referred to as Rūpanārāyana. He was the King of Mithila. He declared himself independent and stopped paying taxes to Jaunpur Sultanate. Due to his decision to challenge the authority of the Sharqi empire, Ibrahim Shah Sharqi attacked Mithila but was defeated.

Mithila, Bengal and Arakanese accounts say that Brahmin ruler Sivasimha helped another Brahmin ruler, and his friend Raja Ganesha of Bengal, in defeating the Jaunpur Sultanate in Bengal-Jaunpur conflict. Ganesha had previously freed Bengal from Muslim occupation.[2]

  1. ^ Mishra, Vijayakanta (1953). "Chronology of the Oiniwara Dynasty of Mithila". Proceedings of the Indian History Congress. 16: 200–210. ISSN 2249-1937. JSTOR 44303873.
  2. ^ Hussain, Syed Ejaz; Husain, Syed Ejaz (2002). "The Rise of Raja Ganesh in Medieval Bengal and Eaton's Theory of the Crisis of Confidence: A Fresh Study". Proceedings of the Indian History Congress. 63: 272–280. ISSN 2249-1937.