Before independence, there were 19 princely states and 3 princely states in Rajasthan, including Rajputana (Rajasthan). There were different kings in different princely states. These included King Bharmal of the princely state of Amer. King Bharmal was the first Hindu ruler to marry his daughter to the Mughal ruler. Earlier, no Hindu king had established marital relations with a Muslim ruler. To save his kingdom, Bharmal accepted the subjugation of the Mughal ruler Akbar and got his daughter married to Akbar.
Bharmal became the king of Amer by removing the nephews
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King Bharmal or Bihari Mal became the ruler of Amer in 1547. Earlier there used to be King Ratan Singh, who was the nephew of Bharmal. Bharmal did a trick to remove his nephew from the throne. Bharmal told his second nephew i.e. Ratan Singh’s brother Asakaran that Ratan Singh is of luxurious nature. They should be removed and they should become ruler. While following the advice of his uncle Bharmal, Asakaran killed his brother Ratan Singh and became the king of Amer himself. After some time, Bharmal took off the throne from the throne, calling Asakaran a killer and became the king of Amer himself.
Bharmal started having troubles
King Bharmal, who got the throne, had to face many problems to save the kingdom by killing one nephew and calling the other a killer. Askaran, who was removed from the throne, sought help from Sher Shah Suri’s son Salim Shah, Salim Shah sent his advisor Haji Pathan to attack Amer with the army. To save his kingdom, King Bharmal persuaded Haji Pathan to give a lot of money and also persuaded Asakaran by giving a large part of Narwar (Madhya Pradesh) area. In this way the war of Amer was averted and the kingdom of Bharmal survived.
Bharmal faced troubles
Since the Amer kingdom was with Raja Prithvi Singh many years ago. Prithvi Singh’s grandson Shuja also wanted to get back the throne of Amer. Shuja reached Mewat Governor Mirza Sarfuddin, who was a governor appointed by Akbar. Shuja sought help from Safaruddin and Mirza Safaruddin agreed to help and started traveling towards Amer. To avoid this war, King Bharmal of Amer offered a lot of money to Safaruddin and mortgaged three of his men near Safaruddin. When Safaruddin agreed, Bharmal mortgaged his son Jagannath, Askaran’s son Raj Singh and Thakur Jagmal’s son Khagal.
King Bharmal met Akbar through Majnu Khan
In 1556, Salim Shah’s advisor Haji Khan prepared for the war to grab the throne of Majnu Khan, the ruler of Narnaul. When Haji Khan’s army started traveling towards Narnaul, King Bharmal of Amer intervened. Since Bharmal persuaded Haji Khan with immense money during the climb of Amer, there were good relations between them. After the treaty between Haji Khan and Majnu Khan, Bharmal also became good relations with Majnu Khan. Through the same Majnu Khan, King Bharmal of Amer met Akbar for the first time.
Bharmal accepted Akbar’s subjection to save the state
As stated earlier, Shuja wanted to gain the throne of Amer through Emperor Akbar’s Governor Safaruddin. If Shuja was directly from Akbar through Safaruddin, Bharmal would have to leave the throne as soon as Akbar got the help of Akbar. Bharmal wanted to meet Akbar directly to save his kingdom. In such a situation, Bharmal met Emperor Akbar through Majnu Khan before Shuja. When Emperor Akbar was going to Ajmer Sharif, he stayed in Sanganer for a few days on the way. Then King Bharmal of Amer went to Sanganer on 20 January 1562 and accepted Akbar’s subjection.
Akbar and Harkhu Bai got married in Sambhar
After accepting Akbar’s subjugation, King Bharmal of Amer had to get his daughter Harkhu Bai married to Akbar. While returning from Ajmer Sharif, Bharmal married his daughter Harkhu Bai to Akbar on 6 February 1562 in Sambhar. This was the first time that the daughter of a Rajput king was married to the Mughal ruler. After marriage to Akbar, Harkhu Bai came to be known as Maryam Ujjani. This decision of King Bharmal was condemned by many historians but some historians and writers also praised King Bharmal. Historians like Dr. Tripathi and Gopinath Sharma had described this decision of King Bharmal as a reasonable and visionary step. Salim, son of Akbar and Maryam-e-Zamani, later became the Mughal emperor by the name of Jahangir.