Rao Shekha
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MahaRao Shekha (1433–1488), was a chieftain in 15th-century India. The Shekhawati gets its name from him, comprising the districts of Sikar, Churu and Jhunjhunu in the present-day Indian state of Rajasthan. The descendants of him known as the "Shekhawat".
Birth
He was born to the Kachhwaha chief Mokul singh. His parents, previously childless, are said to have sought the prayers of intercession(the action of saying a prayer on behalf of another) of the Muslim pir Shaikh Burhan, for whom Shekha was named. In due time shaikh burhan had an heir,who according to the injunctions of boorhan, was styled after his own tribe,Shekh. He directed that child should wear the buddea(a strings or threads) which, when laid aside , was to be suspended at the saint's durgah; and further ,that he should assume the blue tunic and cap, abstain from hog's flesh and eat no meat"in which the blood remained." He also ordained that at the birth of every Shekhawat male infant a goat should be sacrificed. These obligations religiously maintained by a couple of centuries. [1]
Life
Maharao Shekha, when he attained man's estate, greatly augmented the territory left by his father, and consolidated 360 villages under his sway,by conquest from his neighbours, when his reputation and power attracted the jealous notice of the lord paramount of amber. He was attached, but by the aid of the Punnee Pathans he successfully withstood the reiterated assaults of his suzerain. Up to this period they had acknowledged the amber prices as liege lords, and in token of alliance paid as tribute all the colts reared on the original estate. A dispute on this point was the ostensible cause(though subordinate to their rapid prosperity), which occasioned a total separation of the Shekhawat colonies from the parent state, until the reign of Sawai Jay Singh, submission and pecuniary relief from them. Shekha left a well-established authority to his youngest son Raimal.[2]
See also
References
- ^ James tod (1873). Clear writing edition of -Annals & Antiquities of Rajasthan or the central & western Rajput states of India. madras Higginbotham and co 165 mount road. p. 359.
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