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| name = Rani Suhanadi<br><small>(Sohman Devi)</small> |
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| caption = Rani Suhanadi was an Indian queen consort of the ] in Sindh. |
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'''Rani Suhanadi''' (7th-century), also known as '''Sohman Devi''', was an Indian queen consort. She was married to first ] of the ], and secondly to ], Maharaja of Sindh (r. 632-671). She is known for her role in the succession of her first husband, thus establishing a new dynasty.{{Citation needed|date=September 2022}} |
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She was first married to Rai Sahasi II. According to the traditional tale, she eventually became enamored of her husband's chancellor, Chach.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Asif|first=Manan Ahmed|title=A Book of Conquest: The Chachnama and Muslim Origins in South Asia|publisher=Harvard University Press|year=2016|isbn=9780674660113|pages=65, 81-82, 131-134}}</ref> Soon, she requested to be freed from a loveless (and childless) marriage, but met with Chach's rejection, arising of a desire to not incur the King's wrath and swerve further away from scriptural ideals of a Brahminic life.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite book|title=Fathnamah I-Sind: Being the Original Record of the Arab Conquest of The Sind|publisher=Institute of Islamic History, Culture and Civilization: ]|year=1983|editor-last=Baloch|editor-first=N. A.|editor-link=Nabi Bakhsh Baloch|location=Islamabad, Pakistan}}</ref> |
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Yet Chach accepted her request for providing company; they continued to meet more often and grew more close but within the accepted boundaries of social conventions.<ref name=":0" /> The King remained ignorant of their relationship, and Chach continued to gain unprecedented control in day-to-day affairs of the state.<ref name=":0" /> |
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Finally, after the demise of Sahasi II, Devi proposed that Chach exploit the opportunity to be the next king of Aror.<ref name=":0" /> Chach conceded to Devi's plan — but subject to consultation with "devoted servants" — and the news of his death was accordingly withheld when potential claimants to the throne were incited against each other in a fatal internecine warfare, that lasted a night.<ref name=":0" />{{Efn|The potential claimants were asked to meet the King, who was "a bit healthy", one by one. In reality, Devi had them imprisoned only to claim before all of them that it was the King who had them imprisoned out of a quarrel with someone else. Thus, it was necessary to kill him to gain freedom and the King's trusts.}} |
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In the meanwhile, ample supporters from the elites were obtained and Devi proclaimed that a "shocked" Sahasi II, though recovering quickly, was unable to hold court and had appointed Chach as the caretaker ruler for his lifetime.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":3" /> Gifts were lavished on important persons to win their trust on the occasion.<ref name=":3" /> These state of affairs continued for about six months.<ref name=":3" /> |
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Sometime afterwards, the news of his death made way to Sahasi II's brother — Rai Mahrit, then ruler of Chittor — who claimed to be the rightful heir of the throne and mounted an unsuccessful (and fatal) military offensive against Chach.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":3" />{{Efn|Chach had challenged Mahrit to a one-on-one combat, claiming his Brahmin origins precluded learning the skills of cavalry. However, in the combat, Chach suddenly mounted a horse and had Mahrit beheaded. Mahrit's forces went into a disarray receiving the news of his death.}} |
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According to the traditional story, Chach, despite being ambiguous about the morality of taking on a legitimate successor, was coaxed by Devi's "shaming of his masculinity".<ref name="Wink pg.152">{{cite book|last=Wink|first=Andre|title=Al Hind: The Making of the Indo-Islamic World|publisher=BRILL|year=1996|isbn=90-04-09249-8|page=133, 152-153}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> Post-battle, Chach had all but secured the throne with him commissioning triumphal arches and public feasts; soon, Devi had him declared as the heir to the throne, being a man of "unsurmountable intellect and bravery", and went on to marry him with the approval of the court.<ref name="Wink pg.152" /><ref name=":0" /><ref name=":3" /> |
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==Legacy== |
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Because of the role Rani Suhanadi played in the succession struggle, the ] was established, in what was portrayed in ], as the intrigues of a '']'' working in conjunction with a willing-yet-ethical apprentice.<ref name="Wink pg.152" /><ref name=":0" /> He would later have to subdue protracted resistance from Bachhera, a relative of Sahasi II and the governor (or vassal) of Multan province.<ref name=":3" /> |
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