Agra Subah

Agra Subah
Province of Mughals
1580–1761

Agra Subah depicted in map of Mughal Empire by Robert Wilkinson (1805)
CapitalAgra
Historical eraEarly-modern period
• Established
1580
12 June 1761
Preceded by		 Succeeded by
Delhi Sultanate
Bharatpur State
Maratha Empire
Today part ofIndia

The Agra Subah (Persian: صوبه آگره) was a subah (province) of the Mughal Empire, established in the reign of Akbar and one of the empire's core territories until it was eclipsed by the rapidly expanding Maratha Empire. To the north it bordered Delhi and Awadh, to the east Allahabad, and to the south and west Malwa and Ajmer. Its capital was at Agra, an important administrative center of the empire which was expanded under Mughal rule.

Administrative divisions

The province was divided into 13 sarkars during the reign of Akbar.[1]

Sarkar
Agra (capital)
Kalpi
Kannauj
Kol
Gwalior
Erach
Payanwan
Narwar
Mandlaer
Alwar
Tijara
Narnaul
Sahar

Subahdars

Under Shah Jahan

[2]

Qasim Khan

Wazir Khan

Islam Khan

Safdar Khan

Syed Khan Jahan

Azam Khan

Saif Khan

Raja Bethal Das

Shaikh Farid

Others

Qasim Khan Juvayni

Wazir Khan (Lahore), 1628-1631

Rajaram II of Satara

References

  1. ^ Abul Fazl-i-Allami (1949, reprint 1993). Ain-i-Akbari, Vol.II (English tr. by H.S. Jarrett, rev. by J.N. Sarkar), Calcutta: The Asiatic Society, p. 190
  2. ^ Ali, M. Athar (1970). "PROVINCIAL GOVERNORS UNDER SHAH JAHAN—AN ANALYSIS". Proceedings of the Indian History Congress. 32: 288–319. JSTOR 44141077.