Jath

Jath became the seat of the Dafle chiefs in the upheavals surrounding Bijapur's fall. Satvajirao, from the headman's family of Daphlapur, served the Bijapur court and held hereditary revenue authority over Jath and neighbouring divisions. After Aurangzeb conquered Bijapur in 1686, he entered Mughal service and secured confirmation of his holdings, together with a cavalry command. His family took the name Dafle from its original village.

Later rulers participated in the Maratha political world. Khanajirao fought at Kharda in 1795, while Renukabai subsequently governed the estate. In 1820 she entered agreements with the British government and the Raja of Satara. Succession remained precarious: after her death the estate reverted to Satara, was restored to the collateral heir Ramrao in 1824, and was attached again when he died childless in 1835. Jath's authority rested on service and hereditary claims that stronger powers could confirm or withdraw.