Baise Rajya

Baise Rajya (Nepali: बाइसे राज्य) -- "22 principalities"—is a former group of petty kingdoms centered in the Karnali-Bheri river basin of (modern) Nepal. The Baise were sovereign but intermittently allied among themselves until annexed during the unification of modern Nepal during 1744-1810. The nation's founder Prithvi Narayan Shah (ruled 1743-1775) did not live to see this but his son and grandson annexed the entire collection by the end of the 18th century.

The 22 principalities were Jumla, Doti, Jajarkot, Bajura, Gajur, Biskot, Malneta, Thalahara, Dailekh, Dullu, Duryal, Dang, Sallyana, Chilli, Phalawagh, Jehari, Darnar, Musikot,[1] Atbis Gotam, Majal, Gurnakot, and Rukum.

Rajya Date of Annexation Notes
Atbis Gotam [2] 1786 also known as Gutam
Bajura August 1791 became a vassal state of the Kingdom of Nepal
Biskot . also possibly known as Bosakot.
Chilli . descended from Raja Malaibam, Raja of Bajhang in the 14th century
Dailekh . .
Dang 1786 founded around 1350, by a scion of the predecessor Kingdom of Sarasvati
Darnar . Also spelled Darna, it became a vassal state of the Kingdom of Nepal
Doti [3] 1786 .
Dullu 1790 also known as Raskot, it was founded by a division of the Kingdom of Mailbham around 1378.
Duryal . .
Gajur . .
Gurnakot . possibly the same as Garhunkot, it became a vassal state of the Kingdom of Nepal
Jajarkot . became a vassal state of the Kingdom of Nepal, also known originally as Jagatipur [4]
Jehari . descended from Raja Malaibam, Raja of Bajhang in the 14th century.
Jumla October 1788 annexation also given as September 1789
Majal . .
Malneta . became a vassal state of the Kingdom of Nepal
Musikot 1786 descended from Raja Malaibam, Raja of Bajhang in the 14th century.
Phalawagh . possibly the same as Salyana
Rukum . descended from Raja Malaibam, Raja of Bajhang in the 14th century.
Salyana 25 September 1786 It was made a vassal state after annexation and was ultimately abolished in 1961,[5] with the Raja still receiving a Privy Purse till the abolishment of the Nepali monarchy.
Thalahara . became a vassal state of the Kingdom of Nepal

A parallel confederation of 24 principalities Chaubisi rajya (Nepali: चौबिसी राज्य) occupied most of the Gandaki basin east of the Baisi.

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Sources

  1. ↑ Account of the Kingdom of Nepal, and of the Territories annexed to this Dominion by the House of Gorkha by Francis Hamilton (formerly Buchanan) M.D., 1819
  2. ↑ Extract from 'The Gurkhas' of Eden Vansittart (based upon the 'Notes on Nepal', 1895 AD and 'Notes on Gurkhas' 1890 AD), Anmol Publications, New Delhi, Re-print 1993
  3. ↑ "Sketches from Nipal, Historical and Descriptive with Anecdotes from......" by Henry Ambrose Oldfield, M.D.; W.H.Allen & Co., London, 1880. Vol.I, P.23
  4. ↑ Baise Chaubise Parichaya (An introduction to the Baise and Chaubise principalities). Nepali, quarterly. Published by the Madan Puraskar Guthi, Sridarbartol, Lalitpur, Magh-Chaitra, 2032 (January–March 1976), pp. 3-38. [Mahan Bahadur Malla]
  5. ↑ "The Rajya Rajauta Ain" (Rajya System Abolition Act) of 2019 V.S. (1961)


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