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The Mori is a Rajput clan which controlled the Chittor Fort in ancient period. They claim to be Agnivanshi, and trace their origin to the Parmar Rajputs.[1]
History
Chitrangada Mori, a Mori Rajput ruler, laid the foundation of the fort of Chittorgarh.[2][3] The Mori clan of Rajputs claims descent from Chandragupta Maurya, the founder of the Mauryan Empire.[4] A Mori ruler of Chittor has known to have assisted the Cahmana king Visaldeva in a battle against the Turk invaders, probably led by sultan Khusrau Shah or Bahram Shah of Ghazna. The Moris also allied with the Kachhwaha of Amber.[5]
A dynasty belonging to the Mori clan controlled the Chittor Fort and the surrounding region before the Guhila dynasty. The fort of Chittor was a well established citadel in the 8th century under the Moris.[6] The Chittorgarh inscription dated 713 AD gives four names of Mori Rajput rulers of Chittor.[7]
The Mori rulers were the lords of Malwa.[8] Mahlot, a Mori king of Chittor has been mentioned in the Chach Nama as a relative of King Rai Sahasi of Sindh.[9]
Shyam Manohar Mishra of Lucknow University theorized that Bappa Rawal was originally a vassal of the last Mori ruler Manuraja alias Man Singh Mori. Manuraja was his uncle through his mother, a Parmar princess from Abu or Chandravati.[5] Manuraja is identified with Māna, mentioned in the Chittorgarh Māna-sarovara inscription of 713 AD. Māna was described as the son of Bhoja. [10]Māna's great - grandfather was named Maheśvara.[11]
Bappa probably led the Mori campaign against the Arabs, which made him more famous than his overlord. Later, he either deposed Manuraja and became the king of Chittor with the help of the nobles[8] or became the king after Manuraja died childless.[12] The Moris were expelled from Chittorgarh by Bappa Rawal.[13][10][5]
Defeat by the Arabs
According to C.K. Majumdar, the Moris were ruling at Chittor[14] when the Arabs (mlechchhas) invaded north-western India around 725 CE.[14] The Arabs defeated the Moris, and in turn, were defeated by a confederacy that included Bappa Rawal.[15][16]
References
- ↑ Singh, Kumar Suresh (1994). People of India: Dadra and Nagar Haveli. Anthropological Survey of India. p. 81.
- ↑ Singh Chib, Sukhdev (1979). Rajasthan. The University of Michigan. p. 118.
- ↑ Rajasthan. The University of Michigan. 1962. p. 44.
{{cite book}}:|first1=missing|last1=(help) - ↑ Asiatic Society (Calcutta, India), Asiatic Society (Calcutta, India) (1834). Journal: Volume 3. Asiatic Society (Calcutta, India). p. 343.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Tod, James (1873). Annals and Antiquities of Rajast'han, Or, The Central and Western Rajpoot States of India Part 36, Volume 1. Higginbotham and Company. p. 189.
- ↑ India Tourism Development Corporation, India Tourism Development Corporation (1975). Guide to Rajasthan. India Tourism Development Corporation. p. 169.
- ↑ Rajasthan State Gazetteer, Rajasthan State Gazetteer (1995). Rajasthan State Gazetteer: History and culture. Directorate, District Gazetteers, Government of Rajasthan. p. 322.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Rajputana (Agency), Rajputana (Agency) (1880). The Rajputana Gazetteer Volume 3. Harvard University. p. 16.
- ↑ Dahiya, Bhim Singh (1980). Jats, the Ancient Rulers A Clan Study. Sterling. p. 144.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Calcutta Sanskrit College Research Series, Calcutta Sanskrit College Research Series (1965). Calcutta Sanskrit College Research Series. The University of California. p. 52.
- ↑ Singh, R.B (1975). Origin of the Rajputs. Sahitya Sansar Prakashan. p. 40.
- ↑ Shyam Manohar Mishra 1977, p. 48.
- ↑ Topsfield, Andrew (2001). Court Painting at Udaipur Art Under the Patronage of the Maharanas of Mewar. Artibus Asiae Publishers. p. 17. ISBN 9783907077030.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 R. C. Majumdar 1977, p. 298-299.
- ↑ Ram Vallabh Somani 1976, p. 45.
- ↑ Khalid Yahya Blankinship 1994, p. 188.
Bibliography
- Khalid Yahya Blankinship (1994). The End of the Jihad State: The Reign of Hisham Ibn 'Abd al-Malik and the Collapse of the Umayyads. SUNY Press. p. 188. ISBN 978-0-7914-1827-7.
- Ram Vallabh Somani (1976). History of Mewar, from Earliest Times to 1751 A.D. Mateshwari. OCLC 2929852.
- R. C. Majumdar (1977). Ancient India. Motilal Banarsidass. ISBN 9788120804364.
- Shyam Manohar Mishra (1977). Yaśovarman of Kanauj. Abhinav. OCLC 557679616.
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