Abhaypura is a village in Nawa Thesil of Nagaur District of Rajasthan state in India.
Abhaypura was one of the 24 villages in the Princely Thikana Abhaypura of Marwar which is now called as Thikana Jiliya and has 14 villages.
The rulers of Abhaypura or Jiliya are the descendents of the Mertia Rathore ruler Rao Duda, the 4th son of Rao Jodha and his wife Rani Chauhanji of Jalore. Rao Duda, born 15th June 1440 at Mandaur. Rao Duda established the independent State of Merta in year 1518 of Vikram Samvat (A.D. 1461) by conquering the Merta region from the Khilji Badshah of Mandu.
His descendent Raja Raghunath Singh established the Five Magnificent Forts in Maroth near Nawan (better known as Panch Mahal Maroth), married and had issue, eight sons (three died young), the Raghunathsinghot branch of the Mertia Rathores. During the battle of Dharmat (year 1715 of Vikram Samvat) he conquered Maroth Pargana from the Gaur Rajputs, and in A.D. 1658 established an independent Maroth State having around 155-160 villages, thus popularly called as ‘Gaurati Nath’ (Lord of the Land of Gaurs); he received the Title of RAJA and Mansab of 500 Horses from Mughal Emperor Shahjahan. At the time of Rathore-Mughal struggle when Aurangzeb was promoting anti-hindu and inhuman activities like large scale infant killings, cow-slaughter and temple destruction in Marwar, he fought with him to protect the people, hindu culture and religion. In Maroth State, he gave land to all on secular principles to promote trade and agriculture and liberated common man. For his 5 sons he established five magnificent palaces and five Thikanas in Maroth, namely:
Other Member: Kishore Singh (son of the youngest Rani of Raghunath Singh) received no collateral share in partition. He assisted Jodhpur Maharaja Abhay Singh displaying his art of war craft and skills. His son Zalim Singh established Thikana Kuchaman. Its second last ruler Thakur Hari Singh (1919-1956), born 1912, educated at Mayo College, Ajmer, was given the hereditary title of RAJA in 1931 by Maharaja Umaid Singh of Jodhpur (1918-1947), born 1903, educated at Mayo College, Ajmer.