[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [A History of the Mahrattas](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826) › v1.c9.97 # A History of the Mahrattas v1.c9.97 A History of the Mahrattas v1.c9.97 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c9.97](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v1.c9.97) deities had been invoked in vain to grant an heir. A celebrated Mahomedan saint or peer, named Shah Shureef,¹ residing at Ahmednugur, was engaged to offer up prayers to this desirable end; and Mallojee’s wife having shortly after given birth to a son, in gratitude to the peer’s supposed benediction, the child was named after him, Shah, with the Mahratta adjunct of respect, jee; and in the ensuing year, a second son was in like manner named Shureefjee. Shahjee was born in 1594. - [Previous: v1.c9.96](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v1.c9.96) - [Next: v1.c9.98](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v1.c9.98) - [Up: v1.c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v1.c9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v1.c9.97](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v1.c9.97) · Pramāṇa