Mukne

The Muknes were a Koli chiefly house ruling Jawhar in the northern Konkan. Their founder Jayabha Mukne, also called Paupera, seized Jawhar fort in 1306. His son Dulbar Rao expanded the chiefship to twenty-two forts. In 1343 Sultan Muhammad bin Tughluq recognised him, giving him the name Nem Shah and the hereditary title of Raja; Jawhar began its own calendar era.

A later raja, Deobar Rao, was captured fighting the Bahmani sultan Ahmad Shah, converted to Islam and married the sultan's daughter. After his death Hindu nobles rejected his Muslim son and restored a Hindu cadet line.

Raja Vikram Shah joined Shivaji in the sack of Surat in 1664, but Maratha armies occupied Jawhar in 1742, 1758 and 1761, each time restoring the Muknes for land and tribute. By 1782 the raja held only a small hill territory; the house later came under British paramountcy.