Rajouri

Rajouri was a hill kingdom in the Pir Panjal west of the Kashmir valley, ruled by rajas of the Jarral Rajput clan.

In 1475 the Kashmiri general Malik Tazi Bhat conquered Rajouri, leaving its rajas as tributaries. After Akbar annexed Kashmir in 1586, the Jarral rulers made a treaty with the Mughals and received the title Mirza. Rajouri repelled Sikh attacks in 1810 and 1812, but in 1813 Gulab Singh of Jammu defeated Raja Aghar Khan and brought it into Ranjit Singh's Sikh Empire.