Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v3.c42.s1.t3.38

v3.c42.s1.t3.38

Rāo Ratan.—Jahangir was now sovereign of India. He had nominated his son Parvez to the government of the Deccan, and having invested him in the city of Burhanpur, returned to the north. But Prince Khurram, jealous of his brother, conspired against and slew him.⁴ This murder was followed by an attempt to dethrone his father Jahangir, and as he was popular with the Rajput princes, being son of a princess of Amber, a formidable rebellion was raised ; or, as the chronicle says, “the twenty-two Rajas turned against the king, all but Rao Ratan ” :