Raja Ali Khan

Raja Ali Kahan was the Sultan of Khandesh who ruled from 1576 to 1597. In 1591 he, to some extent, recognized the overlordship of the Mughal Emperor Akbar by sending one of his daughters to be a wife of Akbar's son Jahangir. However in 1595 when Akbar invaded the Sultanate of Ahmadnagar Raja Ali Kahan refused to aid the invasion. Khandesh later became embrolied in war with the Mughal Empire which would lead to its annexation to the empire 4 years after Raja Ali Khan died.

References

John F. Richards. New Cambridge History of India: The Mughal Empire. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1993. p. 51.

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