Raja Ali Khan

Raja Ali Kahan (ruled 1576-1597) was the Sultan of Khandesh. In 1591 he to some extent recognized the overlordship of the Mughal Emperor Akbar by sending one of his daughters to be a wife of Akbar's son Jahangir. However in 1595 when Akbar invaded the Sultanate of Ahmadnagar Raja Ali Kahan refused to aid the invasion. Khandesh later became embrolied in war with the Mughal Empire which would lead to its annexation to the empire 4 years after Raja Ali Khan died.

References

• John F. Richards. New Cambridge History of India: The Mughal Empire. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1993. p. 51.