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Agra Subah
آگرا
Subah of the Mughal Empire
1580–1761
Flag of Agra
Alam flag of the Mughal Empire

Agra Subah depicted in map of Mughal India 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 was a subah 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 Ilahabad, 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
Koil
Gwalior
Irij
Bayanwan
Narwar
Mandlaer
Alwar
Tijarah
Narnol
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

Reference

  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.