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| The '''Mori''' is a [[Rajput|Rajput clan]] which controlled the [[Chittor Fort]] in ancient period. They claim to be [[Agnivansha|Agnivanshi]], and trace their origin to the [[Parmar|Parmar Rajputs]].<ref name="People of India">{{cite book |last1=Singh |first1=Kumar Suresh |title=People of India: Dadra and Nagar Haveli |date=1994 |publisher=Anthropological Survey of India |pages=81 |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/People_of_India/Us8-AQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0&bsq=Mori%20Rajput}}</ref>
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| ==History==
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| [[Chitrangada Mori]], a Mori Rajput ruler, laid the foundation of the fort of [[Chittor Fort|Chittorgarh]].<ref name="S Singh Rajasthan">{{cite book |last1=Singh Chib |first1=Sukhdev |title=Rajasthan |date=1979 |publisher=The University of Michigan |pages=118 |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Rajasthan/gXstAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0&bsq=Mori%20Rajput}}</ref><ref name="Tourism">{{cite book |first1=India. Dept. of Tourism | title= Rajasthan |date=1962 |publisher=The University of Michigan |pages=44 |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Rajasthan/L6gBAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0&bsq=Mori%20Rajput}}</ref> The Mori clan of Rajputs claims descent from [[Chandragupta Maurya]], the founder of the [[Maurya dynasty|Mauryan Empire]].<ref name="Journal Vol 3">{{cite book |last1=Asiatic Society (Calcutta, India) |first1=Asiatic Society (Calcutta, India) |title=Journal: Volume 3 |date=1834 |publisher=Asiatic Society (Calcutta, India) |pages=343 |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Journal/qzwzAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Mori+Rajput&pg=PA343&printsec=frontcover}}</ref> A Mori ruler of Chittor has known to have assisted the [[Chahamanas of Shakambhari|Cahmana king]] [[Vigraharaja IV|Visaldeva]] in a battle against the Turk invaders, probably led by sultan [[Khusrau Malik|Khusrau Shah]] or [[Bahram-Shah of Ghazna|Bahram Shah of Ghazna]]. The Moris also allied with the [[Kachhwaha|Kachhwaha of Amber]].<ref name="Tod, Rajasthan"/> | |
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| 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.<ref name="India tourism guide">{{cite book |last1=India Tourism Development Corporation |first1=India Tourism Development Corporation |title=Guide to Rajasthan |date=1975 |publisher=India Tourism Development Corporation |pages=169 |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Guide_to_Rajasthan/AsItAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0&bsq=Mori%20Rajput}}</ref> The Chittorgarh inscription dated 713 AD gives four names of Mori Rajput rulers of Chittor.<ref name="Gazetteer HC">{{cite book |last1=Rajasthan State Gazetteer |first1=Rajasthan State Gazetteer |title=Rajasthan State Gazetteer: History and culture |date=1995 |publisher=Directorate, District Gazetteers, Government of Rajasthan |pages=322 |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Rajasthan_State_Gazetteer_History_and_cu/oUZuAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=Mori+Rajput&dq=Mori+Rajput&printsec=frontcover}}</ref>
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| The Mori rulers were the ''lords of [[Malwa]]''.<ref name="Rajputana">{{cite book |last1=Rajputana (Agency) |first1=Rajputana (Agency) |title=The Rajputana Gazetteer Volume 3 |date=1880 |publisher=Harvard University |pages=16 |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/The_Rajputana_Gazetteer/amQoAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Mori+Rajput&pg=PA16&printsec=frontcover}}</ref> Mahlot, a Mori king of Chittor has been mentioned in the [[Chach Nama]] as a relative of [[Rai dynasty|King Rai Sahasi of Sindh]].<ref name="Dahiya">{{cite book |last1=Dahiya |first1=Bhim Singh |title=Jats, the Ancient Rulers A Clan Study |date=1980 |publisher=Sterling |pages=144 |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Jats_the_Ancient_Rulers/-_A8AAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0&bsq=mori%20Rajput}}</ref>
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| 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 [[Mount Abu|Abu]] or [[Chandravati]].<ref name="Tod, Rajasthan">{{cite book |last1=Tod |first1=James |title=Annals and Antiquities of Rajast'han, Or, The Central and Western Rajpoot States of India Part 36, Volume 1 |date=1873 |publisher=Higginbotham and Company |pages=189 |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Annals_and_Antiquities_of_Rajast_han_Or/P0gOAAAAQAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcover}}</ref> Manuraja is identified with Māna, mentioned in the Chittorgarh Māna-sarovara inscription of 713 AD. Māna was described as the son of Bhoja. <ref name="Calcutta">{{cite book |last1=Calcutta Sanskrit College Research Series |first1=Calcutta Sanskrit College Research Series |title=Calcutta Sanskrit College Research Series |date=1965 |publisher=The University of California |pages=52 |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Calcutta_Sanskrit_College_Research_Serie/5LUeAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0&bsq=mori%20Rajput}}</ref>Māna's great - grandfather was named Maheśvara.<ref name="Origin">{{cite book |last1=Singh |first1=R.B |title=Origin of the Rajputs |date=1975 |publisher=Sahitya Sansar Prakashan |pages=40 |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Origin_of_the_Rajputs/IcM5AQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0&bsq=mori%20Rajput}}</ref>
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| 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<ref name="Rajputana"/> or became the king after Manuraja died childless.{{sfn|Shyam Manohar Mishra|1977|p=48}} The Moris were expelled from [[Chittor Fort|Chittorgarh]] by [[Bappa Rawal]].<ref name="Andrew T">{{cite book |last1=Topsfield |first1=Andrew |title=Court Painting at Udaipur Art Under the Patronage of the Maharanas of Mewar |date=2001 |publisher=Artibus Asiae Publishers |isbn=9783907077030 |pages=17 |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Court_Painting_at_Udaipur/rvu6EfsFH48C?hl=en&gbpv=0&bsq=Mori%20Rajput}}</ref><ref name="Calcutta"/><ref name="Tod, Rajasthan"/>
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| ===Defeat by the Arabs===
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| According to C.K. Majumdar, the Moris were ruling at Chittor{{sfn|R. C. Majumdar|1977|p=298-299}} when the Arabs (mlechchhas) invaded north-western India around 725 CE.{{sfn|R. C. Majumdar|1977|p=298-299}} The Arabs defeated the Moris, and in turn, were defeated by [[Umayyad campaigns in India|a confederacy that included Bappa Rawal]].{{sfn|Ram Vallabh Somani|1976|p=45}}{{sfn|Khalid Yahya Blankinship|1994|p=188}}
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| == References ==
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| ==Bibliography==
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| * {{cite book |author=Khalid Yahya Blankinship |title=The End of the Jihad State: The Reign of Hisham Ibn 'Abd al-Malik and the Collapse of the Umayyads |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Jz0Yy053WS4C&pg=PA188 |year=1994 |publisher=SUNY Press |isbn=978-0-7914-1827-7 |pages=188 }}
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| * {{cite book |author=Ram Vallabh Somani |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NcIBAAAAMAAJ |title=History of Mewar, from Earliest Times to 1751 A.D. |publisher=Mateshwari |year=1976 |oclc=2929852 }}
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| * {{cite book |author=R. C. Majumdar |title=Ancient India |publisher=Motilal Banarsidass |year=1977 |isbn=9788120804364 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XNxiN5tzKOgC&pg=PA327 }}
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| * {{cite book |author=Shyam Manohar Mishra |title=Yaśovarman of Kanauj |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kZWgj-YMdVEC&pg=PA48 |year=1977 |publisher=Abhinav |oclc=557679616 }}
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