Udai Singh of Marwar

Udai Singh
Raja of Marwar
Raja of Marwar
Tenure4 August 1583 - 10 July 1595
Coronation4 August 1583
PredecessorChandrasen Rathore
SuccessorSur Singh
Born13 January 1538
Jodhpur, Marwar (modern-day Rajasthan, India)
Died10 July 1595(1595-07-10) (aged 57)
Lahore, Lahore Subah, Mughal Empire
(modern-day Punjab, Pakistan)
ConsortRani Rajavat Kachwahi Manrang Deviji
Wives
  • among others
  • Rani Solanki Nachrang Deviji
  • Rani Chauhan Ajayab Deviji
  • Rani Bhatiyani Santokh Deviji
  • Rani Sisodia Apurva Deviji
  • Rani Bhatiyani Jasvant Deviji
  • Rani Cavri Sigar Deviji
Issue
among others
Names
Raja Udai Singh Rathore Ji Bahadur Sahab
HouseRathore
FatherMaldeo Rathore
MotherSwarup Devi of Khairawa[1]
ReligionHinduism

Udai Singh (Udai Singh Rathore; 13 January 1538 – 10 July 1595), often referred as the Mota Raja (Fat King) was the Rathore ruler (r. 1583 – 95) of Marwar, which was later known as Jodhpur (in the present-day Rajasthan state of India). He was also the maternal grandfather of Shah Jahan, the fifth Mughal Emperor, and an ancestor of all subsequent emperors.

  1. ^ Rajvi Amar Singh, Mediaeval History of Rajasthan: Western Rajasthan (1992), p.38

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