[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [State papers](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin) › [Āʾīn-i Akbarī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari) › [The Ain i Akbari (Blochmann, Jarrett)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett) › 403 # The Institutes of Akbar 403: 174. Rajah Rajsingh, son of Rajah Askaran, the Kachhwahah. The Áín i Akbari (Blochmann, Jarrett) 403 - **Language:** English ### [403](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.403) Rajah Askaran is a brother of Rajah Bihari Mall (No. 23). He served in the 22nd year with Sadiq Khan (No. 43) against Rajah Madhukar of Undchah, and in the 25th year under Todar Mall in Bihar. In the 30th year, he was made a commander of One Thousand, and served in the same year under ’Aziz Kokah (No. 21) in the Dak’hin. In the 31st year, when Akbar appointed two officers to each subah, Askaran and Shaikh Ibrahim (No. 82) were appointed to Agrah. In the 33rd year, he served a second time against Rajah Madhukar under Shihab Khan (No. 26), and died soon after. Abulfazl has not given his name in this list of grandees. The Tabaqat says he was a commander of Three Thousand. Raj Sing, his son, received the title of Rajah after the death of his father. He served for a long time in the Dak’hin, was called in the 44th year to Court, and was appointed commandant of Gwalior. In the 45th year, he joined the Imperial army, which under Akbar besieged Fort Asir. In the 47th year, he pursued, together with Rai Rayan Patr Das (No. 196), the notorious Bir Singh Deo Bundelah, who at Jahangir’s instigation had murdered Abulfazl. For his distinguished services in the operations against the Bundelah clan, he was promoted, and held, in the 50th year, the rank of a commander of 4000, 3000 horse. In the 3rd year of Jahangir’s reign, he served in the Dak’hin, where he died in 1024 (10th year). Ram Das, his son, was a Commander of 1000, 400 horse. He received, in the 12th year, the title of Rajah, and was made, in the same year, a commander of 1500, 700 horse. One of his grandsons, Prasuttam Singh, turned Muhammadan in the 6th year of Shahjahan’s reign, and received the name of ’Ibadatmand. - [Previous: 402](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.402) - [Next: 404](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.404) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.403](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.403) · Pramāṇa