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In 1647 Jai Singh joined in Shah Jahan's invasion of Balkh and Badakshan in Central Asia. On this occasion Jai Singh received the unique title of Mirza Raja from Shah Jahan, which had earlier been given to his grandfather Raja Man Singh I of Amber by Emperor Akbar. To overawe the Persian Shah from interfering in this task, Shah Jahan assembled a 50,000 strong army in Kabul. The emperor's son Shuja, accompanied by Jai Singh, was sent to take delivery of this important fort. In 1638 the fort of Kandahar was surrendered by its Safavid Persian commander, Ali Mardan Khan, to Shah Jahan. in 1641 he subdued the rebellion of Raja Jagat Singh Pathania of the hill-state of Mau-Paithan ( Himachal Pradesh). By defeating the Meo robber tribes in the north of Amber, Jai Singh further increased the size of his ancestral kingdom. For his part in these successful ventures Jai Singh was promoted to the rank of commander of 5000 and the district of Chatsu (in Ajmer) was added to his kingdom. In 1636 Shah Jahan organized a grand campaign against the southern sultanates in which Jai Singh played a leading part-later this same army was sent to campaign against the Gond kingdoms. But the Rajput prince brought away his own army to the north and then joined in the campaign that finally defeated the rebels.ДЇor these valuable services Jai Singh was made a commander of 4000. Taking advantage of this change of sovereigns, Jai Singh's commander in the Deccan, Khan Jahan Lodi rebelled along with his Afghan followers. Jai Singh's first step in his rise to greatness took place on the accession of Shah Jahan (1627).

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His military career spans the full reign of Shah Jahan and the first decade of Aurangzeb's reign. Maharaja Jai Singh of Amber and Maharaja Gaj Singh of Marwar - Folio from the Amber Album, circa 1630.ДЄt the age of 10, Jai Singh I became the Raja of Amber and the head of the Kachwaha Rajputs.

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