PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY: An erstwhile principality of Sodha Rajputs in the Marwar region of Jodhpur. It was later merged with Sindh Province of Pakistan in 20th Century by the British for setting up Military establishment. The state was founded by Raja Umra Samura, a scion of Samura clan of the Parmar dynasty; it was also known as Rana Jagir, and the story of the protection and assistance extended by the Amarkot Ranas to the Mughal Emperor Humayun when he was escaping the Afghan usurper Sher Shah Suri, is legendary and it became the birthplace of Padshahzada Akbar, future Emperor of Delhi. Rulers and estate holders were...

• Raja Dharnivrah, Raja of Nokoti in Marwar (i.e., nine castles of desert that were grand subordinate fiefs under the Parmar clan: Pugal to the north; Mandore in the centre of all Maroo; Aboo, Kheraloo and Parker to the south; Chohtan, Amarkot, Arore and Lodorva to the west: the possession of which assuredly marks the sovereignty of the desert.)

• Rana Sodha, Rana of Ratakot, he moved to Amarkot and captured Ratakot, married and had issue, the Sodha clan of the Parmar Dynasty.

• Rana Raisi, Rana of Ratakot

• Rana Chachakdev, Rana of Amarkot and Ratakot, in 1155 he captured Amarkot from the Umra Parmar Rajputs, a clan of the Parmar Dynasty.

• Rana Jaibhram, Rana of Amarkot

• Rana Jasahad, Rana of Amarkot

• Rana Someshwar, Rana of Amarkot

• Rana Dharavarsh, Rana of Amarkot, married and had issue.

  • Rana Durjanshal [aka Dalji] (qv)

  • Rana Aasrao (see Parkar)

• Rana Durjanshal, Rana of Amarkot, married and had issue.

  • Rana Avtarde (qv)

  • Rani Natalde, married to Rao Ramdevji, son of Raja Ajmalji of Pokhran (see Ramdevra)

• Rana Avtarde, Rana of Amarkot

• Rana Thira, Rana of Amarkot

• Rana Hamir I, Rana of Amarkot

• Rana Beesa, Rana of Amarkot

• Rana Tejsi, Rana of Amarkot

• Rana Kumpa, Rana of Amarkot

• Rana Champa, Rana of Amarkot

• Rana Ganga, Rana of Amarkot

1. Obscure History (a junior branch of Parmar dynasty)...

   • Rana Hansraj Sodha, Rana of Parkar, married and had issue.

     • Rani Sodhiji, married, Maharawal Jaisal Dev of Jaisalmer and Ludrwa 1152/55.

   • ....

     • Rana Nagodar, married and had issue.

       • Rani Vilay Kanwar, married Rawal Salivahan of Jaisalmer 1167/89.

     • Rana of Amarkot (see below)

2. Rana ASALJI, Rana of Amarkot, married and had issue.

   • Rani Ratan Kanwar, married (as his 4th wife), Rawal Kalhan of Jaisalmer 1189/1207.

3. Rana DESAL, Rana of Amarkot, married and had issue.

   • Rani Sugande, married (as his 4th wife), Rawal Lakhansen of Jaisalmer 1270/1274.

4. Raja SALKHA, Raja of Amarkot, married and had issue.

   • Rani Jas Kanwar Sodhiji, married (as his 3rd wife), Rawal Mulraj I of Jaisalmer 1292/1294.

5. Raja GHARSI, Raja of Amarkot, married and had issue, at least four daughters.

   • Rani (name unknown), married Rawal Durjansal (Dudoji) of Jaisalmer 1299-1311, he committed the second saka.

   • Rani (name unknown), married Rawal Durjansal (Dudoji) of Jaisalmer.

   • Rani (name unknown), married Rawal Durjansal (Dudoji) of Jaisalmer.

   • Rani (name unknown), married Rawal Durjansal (Dudoji) of Jaisalmer.

6. Raja RAJPAL, Raja of Amarkot, married and had issue.

   • Rani Bhim Kanwar, marrried, Rawal Lakshman Bhati of Jaisalmer 1394/1439.

7. Rana PRAYAG, Rana of Amarkot, married and had issue.

   • Rani Jam Kanwar Sodhiji, married, Maharawal Chachagdev II of Jaisalmer 1449/1456.

8. Rana PAHAD SINGH [SURAJMAL?], Rana of Amarkot, married and had issue.

   • Rani Neta Kunwari (Asalde), married, Raja Jag Malji of Naraina, son of Raja Prithviraj Singh I of Amber (Jaipur), and his wife, Rani Bala Bai (Apoorva Devi), daughter of Rao Lunkaran of Bikaner; on her name he established Asalpur, he died 1549, having had issue, the Khangarot clan and the rulers of Jammu and Kashmir.

Unknown generations...

9. Rana PARSHAD SINGH [aka Patta], Rana of Amarkot -/1540, a contemporary of the Mughal Emperor Humayun of Delhi 1530/1556.

10. Rana Chandra Sen, Rana of Amarkot

11. Rana BHOJRAJ, Rana of Amarkot, married and had issue.

    • Baijilal Atarangde [Rani Antarde], married, Maharawal Manohardas Bhati of Jaisalmer 1634/1648, and had issue.

    • Maharani Chand Kanwar, married Maharawal Ramchandra, Maharawal of Jaisalmer 1648/1651.

12. Rana GANGDAS, Rana of Amarkot, married and had issue.

    • Rani Mansukhde (same as Deo Kanwar?), committed sati in 1702, married, Maharawal Amar Singh Bhati of Jaisalmer 1661/1702.

    • Rani Deep Kanwar, married, Maharawal Amar Singh Bhati of Jaisalmer 1661/1702.

13. .......

14. Rana Jai Singh, Rana of Amarkot, married and had issue.

    • Maharani Suraj Kanwar, married Maharawal Jaswant Singh, Maharawal of Jaisalmer 1702/1708.

15. .....

16. Rana Ishwar Das, Rana of Amarkot (1708), married and had issue.

    • Maharani Har Kanwar, married Maharawal Akhay Singh, Maharawal of Jaisalmer 1722/1762.

17. ....

18. Rana BAHABUT SINGH, Rana of Amarkot, ancestor of the later Rana Sahebs of Amarkot, married and had issue.

    • Rana Ratan Singh (qv)

19. Rana RATAN SINGH, Rana of Amarkot -/1865, he is a well-known figure in Sindhi literature and culture, and is even remembered to the present day, in the entire Sindh area as the subject of the famous folk song "Mor Tho Tilley Rana", he was said to be very handsome and well-dressed in the traditional Sindhi style, and many women were fascinated by him; married and had issue, one son. He died 1865.

    • Rana Mehraj Singh (qv)

20. Rana MEHRAJ SINGH, 23rd Rana of Amarkot 1865/1899; born 1826, married and had issue. He died 1899.

    • Rana Arjun Singh (qv)

21. Rana ARJUN SINGH, 24th Rana of Amarkot 1899/1947, born 1885, married Rani Dev Kumari (Baisa Dev Kanwar), daughter of General Thakur Bheru Singhji, 1st Thakur Saheb of Khatipura, and had issue. He died January 1947 (#1).

    • Rana Chander Singh (see below)

    • Thakur Saheb Inder Singhji, born 1934.

    • Thakur Saheb Balbeer Singhji, born 1938, married Thakurani Indira Kumari, youngest daughter of Rawat Jai Singhji, 3rd Rawat Saheb of Meja, and had issue, four children.

      • Kunwar Rajvir Singh, married Kanwarani Uma Kanwar, daughter of Rawat Sawai Hari Singhji II of Begun, and his first wife, Rani Kanchan Kunwar.

      • Kunwar Vikram Singh, married 1988 Rajkumari Kirti Kumari, daughter of Rao Indrajit Singhji, Rao Saheb of Garhi in Banswara, and his wife, Rani Sampat Kumari, daughter of Maharaj Shri Ajit Singh Sahib of Jodhpur, and has issue.

        • Kunwarani Kiran Kumari, married 2015, Kunwar Dhruv Singh, younger son of Thakur Gaj Singh, present Thakur Saheb of Alsisar (Line II).

      • Kunwarani Sarita Kumari, married Kunwar Himmat Singh, son of Thakur Sajjan Singhji of Ghanerao.

      • Kunwar Trilokh Singh, married to Kanwarani Priya Rathore, daughter of Maharaj Kishore Singh of Khawaja.

22. Rana CHANDER SINGH, 25th Rana of Amarkot 1947/2009, born 1931 in Rana Jagir, Tharparkar District, he was one of the founder members of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan from Umerkot, seven times with the PPP between 1977 and 1999; he served as Minister for Agriculture and Revenue, and was Chairman of the National Commission of Minorities; he married Rani Subhadra Kumari, daughter of Rawat Tej Singhji of Rawatsar in Bikaner, and his wife, Rani Lakshmi Kumariji, and had issue, four sons and one daughter. He died 1st August 2009 in Karachi and was cremated at Rana Jagir.

    • Kunwar Jungvijay Singh, born 5th February 1956

    • Kunwar Hamir Singh, succeeded as Rana Hamir Singh (qv)

    • Kunwar Bhopal Singh, born 7th October 1959. (U.S.A.)

    • Kunwar Dr. Pritipal Singh Sodha, presently employed with the Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi; married Kunwarani Ronilla Singh Ranawat, Administrative Coordinator of the Foundation Public School, daughter of Col. Thakur Ran Vijay Singh Ranawat of Kankarwa, and has issue, two sons.

      • • Bhanwar Shivdan Singh Sodha

        • Bhanwar Bhawani Singh Sodha

    • Rajkumari Sangeeta Kumari, married to Thakur Narpat Singh Ranawat of Shahpura in Jaipur?, and has issue, two children.

      • • Kunwar Shatrunjay Pratap Singh, Conservationist working for the survival of tigers in India.

        • Kunwar Aditya Singh

23. Rana HAMIR SINGH, 26th Rana of Amarkot (qv)

OTHER MEMBERS:

• Thakur Aidan Singh, born about 1893 in Rana Jagir, married and had issue.

  • Kunwar Jagat Singh

• Thakur Bher Singh, married and had issue.

  • HH Maharani Sahib Hawa Kanwar, married 1927 (as his second wife), HH Maharajadhiraj Maharawal Girdhar Singhji of Jaisalmer, and had issue. She died 1991.

• Kunwar Rajvir Singh, nephew of Rana Chander Singh, married Kanwarani Uma Kanwar, daughter of Rawat Sawai Hari Singhji II of Begun, and his first wife, Rani Kanchan Kunwar.

• Kunwarani Sarita Kumari, married Kunwar Himmat Singh, son of Thakur Sajjan Singhji of Ghanerao.

• HH Maharani Jadau [Het] Kanwar of Amarkot (Umarkot?), married (as his 2nd wife), HH Maharawal Sir Jawahir Singhji Bahadur of Jaisalmer.

• Kunwarani Prakash Kanwar Sodha ji, married Maharaj Chanderveer Singhji of Ratlam.

• Thakur Verishal Singhji, married and had issue.

  • Rani Nain Kanwar Sodisa, married Capt. Maharaj Mohan Singhji of Raoti, and has issue.

• Rani Mann Kanwar of Amarkot, married, Col. Rao Bahadur Thakur Prithi Singhji, Thakur Saheb of Bera, an International Polo Player of repute; and had issue, six children, three sons and three daughters.

• Rajkumar Rani Saheba of Thikana Haveli (Amarkot), married, Rajkumar Kuldeep Singh of Raoti, presently practising as an advocate, and has issue.

• Baisa Sodiji of Thikana Haveli Amarkot in Pakistan, married to Thakur Bhanu Pratap Singh of Nimaj.

• Thakur Bher Singh of Amarkot, married and had issue.

  • HH Maharani Hawa Kanwar, died 1991, married (as his 2nd wife), 1927, HH Maharajadhiraj Maharawal Girdhar Singh Bahadur of Jaisalmer, and had issue, one daughter.

• Thakur Mansingh of Amarkot, married and had issue.

  • Rani Sireh Kanwar, married (as his 5th wife), Maharawal Kalyan Das Bhati of Jaisalmer 1624/1634.