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| The '''Mori''' or '''Maurya''' is a [[Rajput]] clan which controlled the [[Chittor Fort]] in ancient period. The Mori Rajputs were probably the most powerful power in this region before the rise of [[Gurjara-Pratihara dynasty|Pratiharas]]. Mori is also considered a sub clan of [[Parmar]] [[Rajput]]s.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Shukla|first=Dinesh Chandra|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w_oJAQAAIAAJ|title=Early History of Rajasthan|date=1978|publisher=Bharatiya Vidya Prakashan|year=1978|location=Delhi|pages=185–186|language=en|quote=In the seventh century or in the beginning of the eighth century, the Mauryas, evidently the same as the Mori Rajputs, had a strong principality in S.E. Rajasthan}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Sharma|first=Dasharatha|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W1dXAAAAMAAJ&q=Mauryas|title=Rajasthan Through the Ages: From the earliest times to 1316 A.D|date=1966|publisher=Rajasthan State Archives|year=1966|pages=226–228|language=en}}</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> 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|Chahmana 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]].
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| Moris 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>{{Cite book|last=Bakker|first=Hans|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6p2XCgAAQBAJ&q=Mori|title=The World of the Skandapurāṇa|date=2015-06-29|publisher=BRILL|isbn=978-90-04-27714-4|pages=129|language=en}}</ref><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><ref>{{Cite book|last=Bakker|first=Hans|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6p2XCgAAQBAJ&q=Mori|title=The World of the Skandapurāṇa|date=2015-06-29|publisher=BRILL|isbn=978-90-04-27714-4|pages=129|language=en}}</ref> Mahlot, a Mori king of Chittor has also been mentioned in the [[Chach Nama]] as a relative of [[Rai dynasty|King Rai Sahasi of Sindh]].
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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 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 campaign of Moris against the Arabs, which made him a renowned name. Later, he either deposed Manuraja and became the king of Chittor with the help of other 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"/>
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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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