Ranbir Singh

Ranbir Singh,(Urdu; رنبیر سنگھ) CIE (August 1830 12 September 1885) was the son of Maharaja Gulab Singh, Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir and head of the Jamwal Rajput clan.

The trans-Himalayan territories of Gilgit, Astore, Hunza-Nagar were conquered and made part of Jammu and Kashmir in his time. He was noted as a great scholar of classical Persian, and was also learned in Swedish and English. Maharaja Ranbir Singh established a Translation Bureau called "Daarul Tarjumah" under the patronage of a learned Hakim of Afghan descent, Agha Muhammad Baqir who also happened to be the Chief Physician to the Maharaja. It was under this bureau that Maharaja Ranbir Singh got "Tibb-e-Unaani" translated from Arabic and Latin into Persian and Dogri.

Family

Singh married five times and had six children, four sons:

  • Pratap Singh (18 July 1848 – 23 September 1925). Succeeded his father as Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir in 1885.
  • Ram Singh, KCB (31 May 1861 – 22 June 1899); issue
  • Amar Singh, KCSI (14 January 1864 – 1909). Married twice and had one son:
    1. Hari Singh (30 September 1895 – 26 April 1961). Succeeded his uncle as Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir in 1925.
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