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|native_name = जावळी<br />
|conventional_long_name =Jaoli State <br />
|common_name =Jaoli<br />
|nation = [[British India]]<br />
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|event_start= 16th century<br />
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|event_end= Annexation by [[Maratha Empire]]<br />
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'''Jaoli''' (or '''Jawali''') principality was a [[Jagir]] of Maratha [[Morè (clan)]] which is located in the western part of the present day [[Maharashtra]] state. [[Jaoli]] was seen as a strategically important by Shivaji Maharaj as it is surrounded by dense forest with 13 forts.<br />
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==History==<br />
The state was centered on the valley surrounding [[Jaoli]].<ref>Battacharya, Sachchidananda. ''A Dictionary of Indian History'' (Westport: Greenwood Press, 1977) p.&nbsp;516-517.</ref> In the 1650s, it was ruled by [[Chandrarao More]], a vassal of the [[Adil Shahi dynasty|Adil Shah]] of the [[Bijapur Sultanate]]. Chandra Rao, who called himself the king of [[Konkan]], claimed to rule by the divine sanction of the god Mahabaleshwar (an aspect of [[Shiva]]), and had been formally recognized as the local ''Raje'' (king) by the Adil Shah.<ref name="JWL_2003">{{cite book |author=James W. Laine |title=Shivaji: Hindu King in Islamic India |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3ShDPwAACAAJ |year=2003 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-566771-4 |page=21 }}</ref><br />
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Around 1656, [[Shivaji Maharaj]] - another vassal of Adil Shah forcibly captured Jaoli. Shivaji Maharaj, who had similarly captured other territories in the area, justified his action to the Adil Shah, arguing that he governed these territories better than the deposed rulers did. However, the Adil Shah doubted Shivaji Maharaj's loyalty, and sent his general [[Afzal Khan (general)|Afzal Khan]] against Shivaji Maharaj. Shivaji Maharaj defeated Afzal Khan, and went on to establish an independent kingdom that evolved into the [[Maratha Empire]].<ref name="JWL_2003"/><br />
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==See also== <br />
* [[Maratha Empire]]<br />
* [[Jawali, Maharashtra]]<br />
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