Amar Singh Rathore

Rao Amar Singh
Subahdar of Nagaur
Rajkumar of Marwar
Born30 December 1613
Jodhpur,Marwar,Rajputana
Died21 July 1644
Agra, Mughal Empire
SpouseGuhilotji (Ahadiji) Ajab Deiji of Dungarpur

Guhilotji (Ahadiji) Jasroop Deiji of Banswara

Bhatiyaniji Sabsukh Deiji of Bawdi in Marwar

Jadejiji Bahurang Deiji of Jamnagar

Sisodiniji Anoop Deiji of Mewar

Kachwahiji Anand Deiji of Amber

Kachwahiji Dheer Deiji of Amarsar in Amber

Kachwahiji Laad Deiji of Amarsar in Amber

Gaurji of Rajgarh in Ajmer
IssueRai Singh

Ishwari Singh

Jagat Singh (died infant)

Kalyan Kanwarji (died young)

Anoop Kanwarji m.to Mughal Prince Sulaiman Shikoh son of Dara Shikoh

Deep Kanwarji

Badan Kanwarji
HouseHouse of Rathore
FatherGaj Singh of Marwar
MotherChauhanji (Songariji) Mansukh Deiji d.of Rao Jaswant Singhji of Pali in Jalore

Rao Amar Singh (30 December 1613 – 25 July 1644) was the eldest son and heir-apparent of Raja Gaj Singh I of the Rathore Kingdom of Marwar in seventeenth-century Rajputana.[1]

After he was disinherited and exiled by his family, he entered into the imperial Mughal service. His legendary bravery and battle prowess resulted in elevation to a high rank in the imperial nobility and personal recognition by the emperor, who made him the subedar (governor) of a region that was directly ruled by the emperor himself, Nagaur.[1]

In 1644, he was enraged by an attempt by the emperor to levy a fine on him for an unauthorized absence. In the emperor's presence, he stabbed and killed the Wazir of Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan,Salabat Khan, who had been asked to collect the fine. He is celebrated in some popular ballads of Rajasthan, Western Uttar Pradesh and Punjab.[2]

  1. ^ a b Jeffrey G. Snodgrass (10 August 2006), Casting kings: bards and Indian modernity, Oxford University Press US, 2006, ISBN 978-0-19-530434-3, ... Amar Singh Rathore was seventeenth-century noble belonging to Jodhpur's royal Rajput family during the reign of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan ... made the emperor's representative (subedar) of Nagaur district ...
  2. ^ R. C. Temple (June 2003), Legends of the Panjab, Part 3, Kessinger Publishing, 2003, ISBN 978-0-7661-6349-2, ... Jabbal kadhi misri nikali do dhari, Mare Salabat Khan di ja khili pari ...