page_title: Jai Singh I
section_title: Accession and early career
hierarchical_section_title: Jai Singh I / Accession and early career
caption_attribution_description: Bichitr (attributed to) (India) Maharaja Jai Singh of Amber and Maharaja Gaj Singh of Marwar, Folio from the Amber Album, circa 1630 Painting; Watercolor, Opaque watercolor, gold, gesso, and ink on paper, Image: 9 7/8 x 7 1/4 in. (25.08 x 18.42 cm); Sheet: 17 3/4 x 13 1/2 in. (45.09 x 34.29 cm) From the Nasli and Alice Heeramaneck Collection, Museum Associates Purchase (M.80.6.6) South and Southeast Asian Art Department.
context_page_description: Maharaja Jai Singh was a senior general of the Mughal Empire and a ruler of the kingdom of Amer. His predecessor was Raja Bhau Singh who ruled 1614-1621.
context_section_description: At the age of 10, Jai Singh I became the Raja of Amber and the head of the Kachwaha Rajputs. His military career spans the full reign of Shah Jahan and the first half of Aurangzeb's reign. Jai Singh's first step in his rise to greatness took place on the accession of Shah Jahan (1627). Taking advantage of this change of sovereigns, Jai Singh's commander in the Deccan, Khan Jahan Lodi rebelled along with his Afghan followers. But the Rajput prince brought away his own army to the north and then joined in the campaign that finally defeated the rebels.
  For these valuable services Jai Singh was made a commander of 4000. In 1636 Shah Jahan organized a grand campaign against the southern sultanates in which Jai Singh played a leading part—later this same army was sent to campaign against the Gond kingdoms. For his part in these successful ventures Jai Singh was promoted to the rank of commander of 5000 and the district of Chatsu (in Ajmer) was added to his kingdom. By defeating the Meo robber tribes in the north of Amber, Jai Singh further increased the size of his ancestral kingdom. in 1641 he subdued the rebellion of Raja Jagat Singh Pathania of the hill-state of Mau-Paithan (Himachal Pradesh).
caption: Maharaja Jai Singh of Amber and Maharaja Gaj Singh of Marwar - Folio from the Amber Album, circa 1630.
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