HH Indian Princely States coin of jodhpur State,

India Princely State Jodhpur RAJASTHAN

MAHARAJA (KING) SHREE Bhim Shahi

SIZE: 21mm, diameter,

Anonymous Issues With Regional Year of Shah Alam II

Struck between 1793-1803ad

Hammered Coinage

Mint: Jodhpur

Series: Bhim Shahi

A Very Scarce Ancient Rare to find Coin

WEIGHT OF THE COIN - 20.8 Gms

DIAMETER - 22 MM, 7 MM THICKNESS,

Shah Alam II

Shah Alam II (1728–1806) also known as Ali Gauhar was a Mughal emperor of India. He inherited the throne from his father, Alamgir II as Shah Alam II (1761-1805).

After the murder of Alamgir II, his son Ali Gauhar succeeded him by taking the title of Shah Alam. Emperor Shah Alam was an ornamental figurehead with the reigns of government actually under the control of his Wazir, Ghazi-ud-Din.

Ghazi-ud-Din by his deceitful dealings had created around him a host of enemies, and in order to defeat them he sided with the Marhattas. During the reign of Alamgir II in 1758, the Marhattas had occupied Lahore and deposed Timur Shah who had been appointed a year earlier as viceroy by his father, Ahmad Shah Abdali. In August 1759, the Afghan monarch Ahmad Shah Abdali entered India. It took him almost two years to deal a fatal blow to Marhattas in the third battle of Panipat, fought on June 14, 1761. Consequently, the power of the Marhattas was crushed and their imperialistic dream of setting up a Marhatta Empire was shattered once and for all.

After the battle of Panipat, Ahmed Shah Abdali left the throne of Delhi to Shah Alam with Najib-ud-Daula as his Wazir. From 1761 to 1771, the capital was without a king. Shah Alam, after his unsuccessful effort to defeat the British in the Battle of Buxar in 1764, was taken in as the prisoner and did not return to Delhi till 1772. By giving the Diwani of Bengal, Bihar and Orrisa to the East India Company, Shah Alam further strengthened British control over the Indian Sub-continent. After the death of Najib-ud-Daula, Shah Alam remained a puppet in the hands of the ministers and the Marhattas. He appointed Sindhia, a Marhatta leader, as in-charge of the administration of Delhi.

In an expedition against Dabitah Khan, who was earlier appointed as Mir Bakhshi by Shah Alam, the entire family of Dabitah Khan and other Rohilla leaders were arrested and severely humiliated. Among them was Dabitah's son, Ghulam Qadir Rohilla, who was castrated and made to serve as a page in the palace. In September 1787, Ghulam Qadir Rohilla forced the emperor to appoint him as Mir Bakhshi and Regent. He then had to leave Delhi due to differences with the emperor, but the next year he entered Delhi to take revenge. He blinded Shah Alam with great cruelty and subjected the inmates of the palace, princes and princesses to severely hardship and humiliation. Sindhia, however, hunted him down and the blinded Shah Alam was restored as the king.

Sindhia continued to be the overlord of Delhi till he was defeated by Lord Lake in 1803. The British, whose control over India was almost complete, didn't disturb Shah Alam who

The Rulers of Indian Princely State of Jodhpur were of an ancient dynasty dating to the 700s.

However, the dynasty's fortunes were made by Rao Jodha, first of the rulers of the Rathore dynasty in Jodhpur in 1459. The state was kept under the strict and dictatorial fiat of Aurangzeb during the late 1600s. but this ended following Aurangzeb's death. The British Raj did not enter into the state's affairs until the 1830s, but the rule of the Jodhpur kings continued after that as rulers of a princely state. Their reign continued until Indian independence in 1947. All rulers were styled "His Highness."

I. Rao Jodha (28 March 1416-6 April 1489) r. 12 May 1459-6 April 1489

II. Rao Satalji (killed in battle March 1492) r. 6 April 1489-March 1492

III. Rao Sujaji (d 2 October 1515) r. March 1492-2 October 1515

IV. Rao Biram Singh r. 2 October 1515 – 8 November 1515

V. Rao Gangaji (6 May 1484-9 May 1532) r. 8 November 1515-9 May 1532

VI. Rao Maldeo (5 December 1511-7 November 1562) r. 9 May 1532-7 November 1562

VII. Rao Chandra Sen (30 July 1541-11 January 1581) r. 7 November 1562-1565

From 1565-1583 the state was ruled by Mughal governors.

VIII. Raja Udai Singh (13 January 1538-11 July 1595) r. 4 August 1583-11 July 1595. First of his line to be called Raja.

IX. Sawai Raja Sur Singh (24 April 1571-7 September 1619) r. 11 July 1595-7 September 1619

X. Maharaja (personal only) Gaj Singh I (30 October 1595-6 May 1638) r. 7 September 1619-6 May 1638

XI.Maharaja Jaswant Singh (26 December 1626-28 November 1678) r. 6 May 1638-1659-28 November 1678. (followed by an interregnum of three months)

XII.Maharaja Shri Ajit Singh (19 February 1679-24 June 1724) r. 19 February 1679-24 June 1724. First Maharaja of Jodhpur.

XIII. Maharaja Shri Abhai Singh (1702-18 June 1749) r. 24 June 1724-18 June 1749

XIV and XVII. Maharaja Shri Ram Singh (28 July 1730-September 1772) r. (1) 18 June 1749-July 1751 r. (2) 31 January 1753-September 1772

XV. Maharaja Shri Bakht Singh (1706-21 September 1752) r. July 1751-21 September 1752

XVI and XVIII. Maharaja Shri Vijay Singh (1724-17 July 1793) r. (1) 21 September 1752-31 January 1753 r. (2) September 1772-17 July 1793

XIX. Maharaja Shri Bhim Singh (d. 19 October 1803) r. 17 July 1793-19 October 1803

XX. Maharaja Shri Man Singh (13 February 1783-4 September 1843) r. 19 October 1803-4 September 1843

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