A History of the Mahrattas v1.c11.52

v1.c11.52

² [This was Krishnājī Bājī More, whose predecessors had obtained the possessions of the Sīrkē family, including Jāvlī, from Yusūf Ādil Shāh after the downfall of the Bahmanī Kingdom. The hereditary title of Chandra Rāo (‘Moon-lord’) was conferred on them at the same time. In 1524 Yeshvant Rāo More was granted the title of Rājā (of Jāvlī) by Ismail Ādil Shāh. The Mores ruled at Jāvlī for eight generations. Krishnājī Bājī, who succeeded about 1652, was the last of the family. (Sarkar, Shivaji and His Times, p. 51.)]