Maldeo Rathore

=== Mughal invasions ===

=== Mughal invasions ===

[[Akbar]] succeeded Humayun in 1556, Many Rajput chiefs mustered around him with their grievances against the [[Rathore dynasty|Rathore]] Chief of [[Jodhpur]]. Akbar used this as a casus belli against Maldeo and sent several expeditions against [[Marwar]]. The Mughals conquered Ajmer and Nagaur in 1557 and soon after Akbar captured Jaitaran and Parbatsar. However the Mughals failed to capture the core territories of Marwar. Maldeo before his death held the districts of Jodhpur, Sojat, Jaitaran, Phalodi, Siwana, Pokhran, Jalore, Sanchore, Merta, Barmer, Kotra and some parts of Jaisalmer. These territories were later captured by Akbar due to the succession war between Maldeo's sons.{{Cite book|first=Tanuja|last=Kothiyal|title=Nomadic Narratives: A History of Mobility and Identity in the Great Indian|publisher=Cambridgr University Press|year=2016|isbn=9781107080317|pages=78|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=be-7CwAAQBAJ&q=Rao+jodha&pg=PA78|access-date=17 September 2020}}G.R. Parihar,Marwar and the Marathas: 1724–1843 A.D. p. xiii

[[Akbar]] succeeded Humayun in 1556, Many Rajput chiefs mustered around him with their grievances against the [[Rathore dynasty|Rathore]] Chief of [[Jodhpur]]. Akbar used this as a casus belli against Maldeo and sent several expeditions against [[Marwar]]. The Mughals conquered Ajmer and Nagaur in 1557 and soon after Akbar captured Jaitaran and Parbatsar. However the Mughals failed to capture the core territories of Marwar. Maldeo before his death held the districts of Jodhpur, Sojat, Jaitaran, Phalodi, Siwana, Pokhran, Jalore, Sanchore, Merta, Barmer, Kotra and some parts of Jaisalmer. These territories were later captured by Akbar due to the succession war between Maldeo's sons.{{Cite book|first=Tanuja|last=Kothiyal|title=Nomadic Narratives: A History of Mobility and Identity in the Great Indian|publisher=Cambridgr University Press|year=2016|isbn=9781107080317|pages=78|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=be-7CwAAQBAJ&q=Rao+jodha&pg=PA78|access-date=17 September 2020}}G.R. Parihar, Marwar and the Marathas: 1724–1843 A.D. p. xiii

== Death and succession ==

== Death and succession ==