After the mid-16th century, many Rajput rulers formed close ties with the Mughal emperors and served them in various capacities.[1][2] It was because of the support of the Rajputs that Akbar was not able to laymake the foundation of thecomplete Mughal Empire in India.[3] The Rajput thakurs, who offered their daughters for marriage, formed a strong tie with the Timurid house of the Mughal Empire.[4] The Rajput vassals had their daughters and sisters married to the Mughal emperors and their princes.[5][6][7] For example, Akbar performed 40 marriages comprising for himself, his sons and grandsons, of which 17 were Rajput-Mughal alliances.[8] The successors of the Mughal emperor Akbar, the mothers of his son Jahangir and grandson Shah Jahan were Rajputs.[9] The Sisodia Rajput family of Mewar made it an honor not to enter into matrimonial relations with the Mughals, and thus stood in contrast to all other Rajput clans.[10] After this time, the marital relations between the Rajputs and the Mughals declined somewhat.[11] Akbar's relations with the Rajputs began when he returned in 1561 from a visit by the Chisti Sufi Shaikh of Sikri, west of Agra. Then many Rajput princesses married Mughal emperor Akbar.[12] After the mid-16th century, many Rajput rulers formed close ties with the Mughal emperors and served them in various capacities.[13][14] It was because of the support of the Rajputs that Akbar was able to lay the foundation of the Mughal Empire in India.[3] The vassals had their daughters and sisters married to the Mughal emperors and their princes.[15][16][17] The successors of the Mughal emperor Akbar, the mothers of his son Jahangir and grandson Shah Jahan were Rajputs.[18] The Sisodia Rajput family of Mewar made it an honor not to enter into matrimonial relations with the Mughals, and thus stood in contrast to all other Rajput clans.[19] After this time, the marital relations between the Rajputs and the Mughals declined somewhat.[20] Akbar's relations with the Rajputs began when he returned in 1561 from a visit by the Chisti Sufi Shaikh of Sikri, west of Agra. Then many Rajput princesses married Mughal emperor Akbar.[21]
List of Rajput-Mughal matrimonial relations
In February 1562, Akbar married Mariam-uz-Zamani, (commonly known as Jodha Bai), daughter of Raja Bharmal (Kachwaha-Amber).[22]
In 1562, Akbar married the granddaughter of Rao Viramde. (Rathore-Merta)[23]
On 15 November 1570, Rai Kalyan Singh married his one daughter and niece, Raj Kunwari (Raj Kanwar)[24] to Akbar (Rathore-Bikaner) [25][26]
In 1570, Akbar married Bhanumati, another niece of Rai Kalyan Singh (Rathore-Bikaner) [25]
In the same year Har Raj of (Bhati-Jaisalmer State) also accept the lordship of Akbar and offered a daughter, Rajkumari Nathi Bai, as a wife for the Padshah (Shah Jahan), in return Kuar Sultan Singh son of Har Raj, was accepted as a nobleman at the Mughal court.[24]
Akbar also married Rukmavati, daughter of Rao Maldeo. (Rathore-Marwar)[27]
On 16 February 1585, Prince Salim (Jahangir) was married to Princess Man Bai, the daughter of Bhagwant Das (Kachwaha-Amber)[28][29]
On 11 January 1586, the marriage of Prince Salim (Jahangir) to Princess Manavati Bai (Jagat Gosain), the daughter of Mota Raja Udai Singh took place (Rathore-Marwar)[30]
On 26 June 1586, Prince Salim was married to daughter of Raja Rai Singh. (Rathore-Bikaner)[31]
In 1587, Prince Salim married, Malika Jahan, daughter of Maharawal Bhim Singh. (Bhati-Jaisalmer)[32]
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