| Man Singh I | |||||
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| Maharaja of Amber Mirza Raja | |||||
 Portrait of Man Singh, c. 1590 | |||||
| 25th Raja of Amber | |||||
| Reign | 10 December 1589 – 6 July 1614 | ||||
| Coronation | 10 December 1589 | ||||
| Predecessor | Bhagwant Das | ||||
| Successor | Bhau Singh | ||||
| Subahdar of Bihar | |||||
| Term | 1587 -1594 | ||||
| Emperor | Akbar I | ||||
| Successor | Saeed Khan Chaghta | ||||
| 9th Subahdar of Bengal | |||||
| Term | 9 November 1595 – 2 September 1606 | ||||
| Emperor | Akbar I Jahangir | ||||
| Predecessor | Syed Khan | ||||
| Successor | Qutubuddin Khan | ||||
| Subahdar of Kabul | |||||
| Term | 10 October 1585–1586 | ||||
| Emperor | Akbar I | ||||
| Predecessor | Mirza Muhammad Hakim | ||||
| Successor | Bhagwant Das | ||||
| Born | 21 December 1550 Amber, Amber Kingdom, (present-day Amer, Rajasthan, India) | ||||
| Died | 6 July 1614 (aged 63) Ellichpur, Berar Subah, Mughal Empire (present-day Achalpur, Maharashtra, India) | ||||
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| House | Kachhwaha | ||||
| Father | Bhagwant Das | ||||
| Mother | Bhagwati Bai | ||||
| Religion | Hinduism | ||||
| Military career | |||||
| Allegiance | Mughal Empire Kingdom of Amber | ||||
| Service | Mughal Army | ||||
| Years of service | 1562–1614 | ||||
| Rank | Kunwar (1562–1589) Mansab (1598–1605) Mansabdar (1605–1614) | ||||
| Commands | Bengal Kabul | ||||
| Battles / wars | See list
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Raja Man Singh I (21 December 1550 – 6 July 1614) was the 24th Maharaja of Kingdom of Amber from 1589 to 1614. He also served as the Subahdar of Bihar from 1587 to 1594,[1] then for Bengal for three terms from 1595 to 1606 and the Subahdar of Kabul from 1585 to 1586.[2] He served in the Mughal Army under Emperor Akbar. Man Singh fought sixty-seven important battles in Kabul, Balkh, Bukhara, Bengal and Central and Southern India. He was well versed in the battle tactics of both the Rajputs as well as the Mughals.[3] He is commonly considered to be one of the Navaratnas, or the nine (nava) gems (ratna) of the royal court of Akbar.[4][5]
- ^ Ahmad, Imtiaz (2002). "Mughal Governors of Bihar Under Akbar and Jahangir". Proceedings of the Indian History Congress. 63: 281–288. JSTOR 44158096.
- ^ "Peshawar, Pakistan, 1980", Crossing the River Kabul, Potomac Books, pp. 153–155, doi:10.2307/j.ctt1p6jhvp.50, retrieved 24 December 2023
- ^ Hooja, Rima (2018). Rajasthan, a concise history. Rupa Publications India. p. 322. ISBN 9788129150431.
Man Singh took part in as many as sixty-seven important military campaigns and battles....Man Singh became familiar with traditional Rajput as well as Mughal technique of warfare and tactics.
- ^ 30. Ra´jah Ma´n Singh, son of Bhagwán Dás - Biography Archived 7 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine Ain-i-Akbari, Vol. I.
- ^ Raja Man Singh Biography India's who's who, www.mapsofindia.com.