page_title: Patiala state
section_title: List of maharajas
hierarchical_section_title: Patiala state / List of maharajas
caption_attribution_description: This portrait of the ruler Amur Singh of Patiala, an important Sikh kingdom, shows the king seated on a terrace on a luxurious carpet with a large bolster behind him. At the beginning of the nineteenth century the Punjab region of northern India, previously led by Hindu rulers, was overtaken by rulers who belonged to the Sikh religion. These new leaders borrowed select elements of courtly culture from their predecessors, and they hired many of the same artist families to make portraits for them (other subjects largely fell out of favor). Amur Singh’s turban is taller than those of Hindu rulers of the time, because it needs to accommodate his long hair: Sikh men are not supposed to cut their hair, and they wear it bundled on top of their head, wrapped in a turban.
context_page_description: Patiala was a Sikh princely state that lasted from 1714 to 1948. Its rulers were descended from Chaudhary Phul, a Sidhu Jat from Mehraj village in the Bathinda District of Punjab. The other Sikh states, such as Jind and Nabha, were also the descendants of Phul. Its capital was in the Malva region of Punjab, but its territory expanded from Bathinda to present-day Mohali. They were known as the Phulkian Dynasty.
  The House of Phul, was a Jatt of Sidhu Clan, belonging to the Malva Region of Punjab. Their ancestors had converted to Sikhism in the early 1600s. They claim to be the descendants from the sidhu jats, who ruled in the 11th century. The migrated to the Malva region of Punjab, establishing themselves at present day Bathinda District of Punjab.
  The Sidhu Jatts and the Bhullar Jatts of the Bathinda district, never got along with each other, They were at war. But later Nanu Bhullar, got his daughter married in the house of these Sidhu Jatts, the ancestors of the Patiala State.
  They were known as the Phulkian Dynasty.
context_section_description: Maharaja Ala Singh (1691-1765)
  Maharaja Amar Singh (1748-1782)
  Maharaja Sahib Singh (1773-1813), A very weak ruler, who had imprisoned his won Sister Bibi Sahib kaur, but later escaped.
  Maharaja Karam Singh (1798-1845)
  Maharaja Narinder Singh (1823-1862)
  Maharaja Mahendra Singh (1852-1876)
  Maharaja Rajinder Singh (1872-1900)
  Maharaja Bhupinder Singh (1891-1938)
  Maharaja Yadavindra Singh (1913-1974)
  Captain Amarinder Singh (1942-1948)
caption: Maharaja Amar Singh of Patiala
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