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'''Maharani Mehtab Kaur (''' 1782 – 1813) was the first wife of [[Maharaja Ranjit Singh]], the founder of the [[Sikh Empire]]. She was the mother [[Maharaja Sher Singh]] (1807-1843) and Kunwar Tara Singh (1807-1859)
'''Maharani Mehtab Kaur (''' 1782 – 1813) was the first wife of [[Maharaja Ranjit Singh]], the founder of the [[Sikh Empire]]. She was the mother [[Maharaja Sher Singh]] (1807-1843) and Kunwar Tara Singh (1807-1859)
 
[[File:Chand Kaur.jpg|thumb|alt=This is actually Mehtab Kaur's portrait wrongfully attributed to Chand Kaur|Maharani Mehtab Kaur by Ratan Singh in 1810]]
Mehtab Kaur was born to Gurbaksh Singh Sandhu of the Kanhaiya Misl and his wife Sada Kaur, a daughter of Daswandha Singh Dhaliwal. Her father was the heir apparent of her grandfather, Jai Singh Kanhaiya the founder of the Kanhaiya Misl.  
Mehtab Kaur was born to Gurbaksh Singh Sandhu of the Kanhaiya Misl and his wife Sada Kaur, a daughter of Daswandha Singh Dhaliwal. Her father was the heir apparent of her grandfather, Jai Singh Kanhaiya the founder of the Kanhaiya Misl.  



Latest revision as of 05:12, 30 November 2021

Maharani Mehtab Kaur ( 1782 – 1813) was the first wife of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, the founder of the Sikh Empire. She was the mother Maharaja Sher Singh (1807-1843) and Kunwar Tara Singh (1807-1859)

This is actually Mehtab Kaur's portrait wrongfully attributed to Chand Kaur
Maharani Mehtab Kaur by Ratan Singh in 1810

Mehtab Kaur was born to Gurbaksh Singh Sandhu of the Kanhaiya Misl and his wife Sada Kaur, a daughter of Daswandha Singh Dhaliwal. Her father was the heir apparent of her grandfather, Jai Singh Kanhaiya the founder of the Kanhaiya Misl.

This marriage was pre-arranged in an attempt to reconcile warring Sikh misls, wherein Mehtab Kaur was betrothed to Ranjit Singh in 1786 by her mother Sada Kaur. However, the marriage failed, with Mehtab Kaur never forgiving the fact that her father had been killed in battle with Ranjit Singh's father and she mainly lived with her mother after marriage. The separation became complete when Ranjit Singh married Maharani Datar Kaur of the Nakai Misl in 1797 and she turned into Ranjit's most beloved wife. Datar Kaur bore Ranjit Singh his first son and heir, Kharak Singh in 1801 and became his consort. [1][2] This left Mehtab Kaur in a very difficult position as Datar was her junior. This also left Sada Kaur's plans to secure the future of her daughter and the Kanhaiya's in tatters.[3]

Mehtab Kaur had a son named Ishar Singh in 1804 who died in infancy in 1805. After separation from Ranjit Singh she became the mother of twins Sher Singh and Tara Singh in 1807. She died in 1813 at the age of 30, due to a prolonged illness when her sons were only 6.


References

  1. ^ 1907–1971., Sood, D. R. (1981). Ranjit Singh. National Book Trust. OCLC 499465766.
  2. ^ Patwant., Singh, (2013). Empire of the Sikhs : the life and times of Maharaja Ranjit Singh. Peter Owen Publishers. ISBN 978-0-7206-1524-1. OCLC 841311234.
  3. ^ Singh, Sarbpreet (2019). The Camel Merchant of Philadelphia: Stories from the Court of Maharaja Ranjit Singh. Tranquebar by Westland Publications Private Limited. ISBN 978-93-88689-47-2.