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Shahaji installed 10-year old Murtaza of the Ahamadnagar royal family as the titular puppet ruler [18] and appointed himself chief minister. [19] Within a year, Shahaji's army captured Junnar and a large part of the northern Konkan region. Shahaji resided in Junnar and raised an army, which at its height numbered 12,000 soldiers.
By 1670s, Shivaji had acquired extensive territory and wealth from his campaigns. [5] [11] But, lacking a formal crown, he had no operational legitimacy to rule his de facto domain and technically, remained subject to his Mughal (or Deccan Sultanate) overlords; in the hierarchy of power, Shivaji's position remained similar to fellow Maratha chieftains.
The Bhonsle dynasty (or Bhonsale, Bhosale, Bhosle) [3] is an Indian Marathi royal house of the Bhonsle clan. ... Shahaji: 1802 5 September 1839 – 5 April 1848
Jijabai Shahaji Bhonsale (née Jadhav; 12 January 1598 – 17 June 1674 [2]), referred to as Rajmata Jijabai, was the mother of Shivaji, founder of the Maratha Kingdom. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] She was a daughter of Lakhujirao Jadhav of Sindkhed Raja .
Shivaji I (Shivaji Shahaji Bhonsale, Marathi pronunciation: [ʃiˈʋaːdʑiː ˈbʱos(ə)le]; c. 19 February 1630 – 3 April 1680) [6] was an Indian ruler and a member of the Bhonsle dynasty. [7]
Sambhaji Shahaji Bhosle (1623–1655) was the elder son of Shahaji and Jijabai. He was the elder brother of Shivaji . At the time of Sambhaji's birth, Shahaji was a general in the court of Nizamshahi .
Even when Shahaji was in northern Deccan, Shivaji and his mother Jijabai rarely saw him, because of Shahaji's military preoccupations. [2] After Shahaji was deputed in the south, the father and son did not see each other for several years. [28] Shahaji became Bijapur's governor of Bangalore in the south, and married another woman - Tukabai. [23]
Venkoji was the younger son of Shahaji, a military commander in service of the Sultan of Bijapur through his younger wife Tukabai Mohite. He succeeded to the Karnataka portion of Shahaji's jagir , that is Bengaluru and Thanjavur .