Janjira State

Coordinates: 18°18′N 73°00′E / 18.300°N 73.000°E / 18.300; 73.000
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Janjira State
जंजीरा रियासत
British India
In union with Jafrabad
(1759–1948)
1489–1948
Flag of Janjira
Flag

Janjira State, 1896
Area 
• 1931
839 km2 (324 sq mi)
Population 
• 1931
110,389
History 
• Established
1489
1948
 Succeeded by
India
Today part ofMaharashtra, India
Merchant flag
View of Janjira Fort
Imperial Gazetteer of India

Janjira State was a

Habesha descent[1] and the state was under the suzerainty of the Bombay Presidency
.

Janjira State was located on the

NNW
.

History

Establishment

According to one legend, in the year 1489 the Ahmadnagar Sultanate sent its Admiral Piram Khan (of Ethiopian descent) with orders to capture the Murud-Janjira from Ram Patil. Owing to the castle's fortifications, the Admiral could not attack conventionally.

He and his team disguised themselves as merchants and asked Ram Patil to safeguard their three hundred large boxes containing silks and wines from Surat. As thanks, Piram Khan threw a party with wine. Once Ram Patil and his soldiers were intoxicated, Piram Khan opened the boxes, which contained his soldiers, and used the opportunity to capture the castle and the island on which it stands.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

In the century that followed the rulers put themselves under the overlordship of the

Sultanate of Bijapur. During the seventeenth and eighteenth century Janjira successfully resisted the repeated attacks of the Maratha Empire
.

Cooperation with the Ottomans

According to Ottoman records, a combined force from the Ottomans and Janjira mariners routed a Portuguese fleet in 1587 at Yemen.[8] From this moment onwards Janjira played an important role in resisting Portuguese influence in the region.[9]

There's further record of Cooperation with the

Batak and the Maritime Southeast Asia in 1539.[10]

Cooperation with the Mughals

According to one records at one time

Ganj-I-Sawai (Trading Ship) which was equipped with 800 guns and 400 musketeer type soldiers also stationed in the port of Surat.[12]

Another record from an

Rupees for the maintenance of their fleet.[citation needed
]

Relations with the Marathas

Main articles: Shivaji's invasions of Janjira and Siege of Janjira

Rivalry with the Marathas

The main competitor of the Sidis was the Angrias, a Maratha family with sea forts and ships, based in southern Konkan.[13]

Treaty with Marathas

In 1733,

Peshwa Bajirao of the Maratha Empire launched a campaign against the Siddis of Janjira. Bajirao's forces, however, did not take Janjira fort, though they captured much of the surrounding area; a favorable treaty gave the Marathas some indirect control over virtually all of the Siddi's lands.[13] According to the treaty, the Peshwa acknowledged Abdul Rehman as the 'legitimate ruler' of Janjira, bringing an end to all opposition to his succession by his rivals. The territorial holdings of the Siddi were restricted to Anjanwel and Gowalkot, along with the island of Janjira. All other territories on the mainland, previously liberated by the Marathas from Siddi control, including Raigarh, Rewas, Thal, Chaul, etc., were recognized by Abdul Rehman as integral parts of the Maratha state and off-limits to the Siddis.[14]

Post Maratha-rule

When the British came to the Konkan area, the repeated attacks of the Marathas against Janjira ceased. Janjira State was administered as part of the Deccan States Agency of the Bombay Presidency, founded in 1799. In the nineteenth century the rulers maintained a military force of 123 men.[15]

Following the

independence of India
in 1947, the state was merged with India.

Rulers

The royal family of Janjira were

1903 Coronation Durbar.[16][17]

Wazirs of Janjira

  • Siddi Fattekhan
  • 1676 - 1703 Kasim Yakut Khan II (d. 1703)
  • 1703 - 1707 Amabat Yaqut Khan II
  • 1707 - 1732 Surur Yakut Khan II (d. 1732)
  • 1732 - 1734 Hasan Khan (1st time) (d. 1746)
  • 1734 - 1737 Sumbul Khan
  • 1737 - 1740 `Abd al-Rahman Khan
  • 1740 - 1745 Hasan Khan (2nd time) (s.a.)
  • 1745 - 1757 Ibrahim Khan I (1st time) (d. 1761)
  • 1757 Mohammad Khan I (d. 1757)
  • 1757 - 1759 Ibrahim Khan I (2nd time) (s.a.)

Thanadars of Jafarabad and Wazirs of Janjira

  • 1759 - 1761 Ibrahim Khan I (s.a.)
  • 1761 - 1772 Yaqut Khan (usurper to 6 Jun 1772) (d. 1772)
  • 1772 - 1784 `Abd al-Rahim Khan (d. 1784)
  • 1784 - 1789 Jauhar Khan (d. 1789)
    • - in dispute with -
      • 1784 - 1789 `Abd al-Karim Yaqut Khan
  • 1789 - 1794 Ibrahim Khan II (d. 1826)
  • 1794 - 1803 Jumrud Khan (d. 1803)

Nawabs

  • 1803 - 1826 Ibrahim Khan II (s.a.)
  • 1826 - 31 Aug 1848 Mohammad Khan I (d. 1848)
  • 31 Aug 1848 – 28 Jan 1879 Ibrahim Khan III (b. 1825 - d. 1879)
  • 28 Jan 1879 - 2 May 1922 Ahmad Khan (b. 1862 - d. 1922) (from 1 Jan 1895, Sir Ahmad Khan)
  • 28 Jun 1879 – 11 Oct 1883 .... -Regent
  • 2 May 1922 – 15 Aug 1947 Mohammad Khan II (b. 1914 - d. 1972)
  • 2 May 1922 - 9 Nov 1933 Kulsum Begum (f) -Regent (b. 1897 - d. 1959)[18]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Janjira" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 15 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 152.
  2. ISBN 9783865372062
    .
  3. ^ Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Kola'ba and Janjira. Government Central Press. 1883.
  4. ISBN 9788188204731
    .
  5. ISBN 9788125004851
    .
  6. ISBN 9780865439801
    .
  7. ISBN 9782765903611
    .
  8. ISBN 9788120843011
    . Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  9. ^ Ottoman court chroniclers (1588). Muhimme Defterleri, Vol. 62 f 205 firman 457, Avail Rabiulavval 996.
  10. ^ Cambridge illustrated atlas, warfare: Renaissance to revolution, 1492–1792 by Jeremy Black p.17 [1]
  11. ISBN 8125004858
    .
  12. ISBN 9781136790874
    . Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  13. ^
    OCLC 25914184
    .
  14. ISBN 978-1-932705-54-6
    .
  15. ^ Great Britain India Office. The Imperial Gazetteer of India. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1908
  16. ^ "Janjira Princely State (11 gun salute)". Archived from the original on 21 July 2018. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
  17. ^ "The Durbar Honours". The Times. No. 36966. London. 1 January 1903. p. 8.
  18. ^ Princely States of India

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