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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.
| Agra Subah | |||||||||||
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| Province of Mughals | |||||||||||
| 1580–1761 | |||||||||||
 Agra Subah depicted in map of Mughal Empire by Robert Wilkinson (1805) | |||||||||||
| Capital | Agra | ||||||||||
| Historical era | Early-modern period | ||||||||||
• Established | 1580 | ||||||||||
| 12 June 1761 | |||||||||||
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| Today part of | India | ||||||||||
Administrative divisions
editThe 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
editUnder Shah Jahan
editQasim Khan
Wazir Khan
Islam Khan
Safdar Khan
Syed Khan Jahan
Azam Khan
Saif Khan
Raja Bethal Das
Shaikh Farid
Others
editWazir Khan (Lahore), 1628-1631
References
edit- ^ 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
- ^ Ali, M. Athar (1970). "PROVINCIAL GOVERNORS UNDER SHAH JAHAN—AN ANALYSIS". Proceedings of the Indian History Congress. 32: 288–319. JSTOR 44141077.