Malwa Subah
Malwa Province Malwa Subah | |||||||||
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| 1568–1737 | |||||||||
Malwa Subah depicted in map of Mughal Empire by Robert Wilkinson (1805) | |||||||||
| Capital | Ujjain 23°10′37″N 75°47′10″E / 23.177°N 75.786°E | ||||||||
| Subahdar | |||||||||
• 1561 | Adham Khan Koka (first) | ||||||||
• 1732–1737 | Jai Singh II (last) | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• First conquered from Baz Bahadur | 29 March 1561 | ||||||||
• Established | 1568 | ||||||||
| 24 December 1737 | |||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
• 1601 | 114,940 sq mi (297,700 km2) | ||||||||
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| Today part of | India | ||||||||
The Malwa Subah (Persian: صوبه ملوا) was one of the original twelve Subahs (provinces) of the Mughal Empire, including Gondwana, from 1568–1743. Its seat was Ujjain in the Malwa region. It shared borders with the autonomous and tributary chiefdoms in the east, as well as Berar, Khandesh, Ahmadnagar, Gujarat, Ajmer, Agra, and Illahabad subahs.