Jaisalmer State

Kingdom of Jaisalmer
1156–1947
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South Asia 1525 CE DELHI SULTANATE (LODIS) TIMURID EMPIRE (Babur) SHAH MIR SULTANATE KANGRA PHAGMODRUPAS KHANDESH SULTANATE BERAR SULTANATE MALWA SULTANATE ARGHUNS KALMAT LANGAH SULTANATE SHEKHAWAT AMARKOT SHEKHAWAT AMARKOT JAISALMER BIKANER GUJARAT SULTANATE MEWAR MARWAR AMBER KARAULI MEWAT SIROHI BUNDI VAGAD DIMASA TRIPWA AHOM KAMATAS CHEROS BENGAL SULTANATE GAJAPATI EMPIRE GONDWANA AHMADNAGAR SULTANATE VIJAYANAGARA EMPIRE BIJAPUR SULTANATE BIDAR SULTANATE GOLKONDA SULTANATE ◁ Location of Jaisalmer within Rajputana circa 1525, with neighbouring polities.[1]
Jailsalmer State (orange) within Rajputana (yellow), 1909.
Area
• 1931	41,600 km2 (16,100 sq mi)
Population
• 1931	76,255
History
• Established	1156
• Independence of India	1947
Preceded by Succeeded by Kingdom of Sambhar Indian Union
Today part of	Rajasthan, India
Coat of arms based on The Princely Armory. Publ. by The Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing. Calcutta. 1877

The Kingdom of Jaisalmer was a Bhati Rajput kingdom in the far-western part of present-day Rajasthan, India, from the mid-12th century CE until 1947. In 1156 CE, Rawal Jaisal moved his capital from Ludarva to Jaisalmer because the former was vulnerable to attacks from Turko-Afghan and Baloch tribes. The descendants of Jaisal continued to exercise absolute control over Jaisalmer until 1818 CE, when a treaty of subsidiary alliance with the British East India Company bringing under British protection and sphere of influence. Known as the Maharawal, the native ruler of the princely state was entitled to a 15-gun salute.^[3]