Mughal Disintegration and the Rise of Regional Powers [c. 1707 CE-1766 CE]

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Copyright © 1978 by the Regents of the University of Minnesota, assigned 1988 to Joseph E. Schwartzberg, additional material copyright © 1992 by Joseph E. Schwartzberg.

See 1992 edition here.

See division of region here.

Rulers

 

NORTH

Holkar Indore 

Nawabs of Awadh [c. 1722 CE–1856 CE]
CONTINUED
Sayyid Muhammad Amin Sa'adat Khan Bahadur
c. 1722 CE–1739 CE
Abu Mansur Khan
c. 1739 CE–1754 CE
Haydar
c. 1754 CE–1775 CE

 

NORTHEAST

Nawabs of Bengal [c. 1704 CE–1858 CE] 

CONTINUED
Murshid Quli Khan
c. 1704 CE–1725 CE
Shuja Khan
c. 1725 CE–1739 CE
Sarfaraz Khan
c. 1739 CE–1740 CE
'Aliwirdi Khan
c. 1740 CE–1756 CE
Mirza Mahmud
c. 1756 CE–1757 CE

 

WEST

Maratha (Bhonsale/ Chhatrapati)

Satara:
Shahu I (alias Shivaji II, son of Sambhaji)
c. 1708 CE–1749 CE
Ramaraja II (nominally, grandson of Rajaram and Queen Tarabai)
c. 1749 CE–1777 CE
Shahu II
c. 1777 CE–1808 CE
Pratap Singh (r. 1808–1839) – signed a treaty with the East India company ceding part of the sovereignty of his Kingdom to the company
 
 
Kolhapur:
Tarabai (wife of Rajaram) in the name of her son Shivaji II
c. 1700 CE-1707 CE
Shivaji II
c. 1700 CE–1714 CE
Sambhaji II
c. 1714 CE-1760 CE – came to power by deposing his half brother Shivaji II
Shivaji III
c. 1760 CE–1812 CE (adopted from the family of Khanwilkar)

 

Peshwa 

Moropant Trimbak Pingle
c. 1657 CE–1683 CE
Nilakanth Moreshvar Pingale
c. 1683 CE–1689 CE
Ramchandra Pant Amatya
c. 1689 CE–1708 CE
Bahiroji Pingale
c. 1708 CE–1711 CE
Parshuram Trimbak Kulkarni
c. 1711 CE–1713 CE

 

Peshwas from the Bhat family 

From Balaji Vishwanath onwards, the actual power gradually shifted to the Bhat family of Peshwas based in Poona.
Balaji Vishwanath
c. 1713 CE–1720 CE
Bajirao
c. 1720 CE–1740 CE
Balaji Bajirao
(4 Jul 1740 – 23 Jun 1761) (b. 8 Dec 1721, d. 23 Jun 1761)
Madhavrao Peshwa
(1761 – 18 Nov 1772) (b. 16 Feb 1745, d. 18 Nov 1772)
Narayanrao Bajirao
(13 Dec 1772 – 30 Aug 1773) (b. 10 Aug 1755, d. 30 Aug 1773)
Raghunathrao
(5 Dec 1773 – 1774) (b. 18 Aug 1734, d. 11 Dec 1783)
Sawai Madhava Rao II Narayan
(1774 – 27 Oct 1795) (b. 18 Apr 1774, d. 27 Oct 1795)
Baji Rao II
(6 Dec 1796 – 3 Jun 1818) (d. 28 Jan 1851)

Nagpur Bhosale

 

SOUTH

 

The Wodeyars of Mysore [c. 1578 CE-1947 CE]

CONTINUED
Kantheerava Narasaraja Wodeyar II
c. 1704 CE–1714 CE
Dodda Krishnaraja Wodeyar I
c. 1714 CE–1732 CE
Chamaraja Wodeyar VII
c. 1732 CE–1734 CE
(Immadi) Krishnaraja Wodeyar II (1734–1766), puppet ruler under Hyder Ali from 1761
 

 

Thanjavur Maratha Kingdom (Tamil Nadu)

Venkoji
 
Shahuji I of Thanjavur
 
Serfoji I
 
Tukkoji
 
Pratapsingh of Thanjavur
 
Thuljaji
 
Serfoji II
 
Shivaji II of Thanjavur
 
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