Siva Simha Malla

Shiva Simha Malla
King of Kantipur and Patan
A possible portrait of Shivasimha Malla with his minister, dated 1617
King of Kantipur
Reign1578–1619
PredecessorSadashiva Malla
SuccessorLakshmi Narasimha Malla
King of Patan
Reign1600–1619
PredecessorPurandar Simha
SuccessorSiddhi Narasimha Malla
BornNepal
Died1619
Nepal
SpouseGanga Rani
ChildrenHarihara Simha Malla
DynastyMalla
FatherMahendra Malla

Siva Simha Malla (Nepali: शिवसिंह मल्ल), also known as Shiva Simha or Shivasimha, was a Malla ruler and the sixth king of Kantipur. He started his reign on 1578 after deposing his brother Sadashiva Malla.[1][2]

Life

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His brother, Sadashiva Malla, was a decadent King and was deposed by Shivasimha Malla and the general public in 1578 and forced into exile to Bhadgaon. Shivasimha was then crowned as the King of Kantipur[1]

Shivasimha Malla was of simple nature, but an ambitious king. He annexed Patan in around 1600 which was then ruled by the descendants of Vishnusimha since the time of disintegration after Yakshya Malla. He then conquered Dolakha and brought it under the control of Kantipur.[2]

He first installed his son Harihara Simha as the governor of Patan. Harihara Simha died shortly afterwards, and his eldest son Siddhi Narasimha Malla was the governor of Patan.[2][3]

Succession

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After the death of Shivasimha in 1619, Lakshmi Narasimha Malla, another son of Harihara Simha, succeeded him as the King of Kantipur, and Siddhi Narasimha Malla declared Patan independent from Kantipur.[4] Thus, the kingdoms of Kantipur and Patan united by Shivasimha were divided again by his grandsons.[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Shrestha, D.B.; Singh, C.B. (1972). The History of Ancient and Medieval Nepal (PDF) (1st ed.). Kathmandu: University of Cambridge. pp. 34–35.
  2. ^ a b c d Shaha, Rishikesh. Ancient and Medieval Nepal (PDF). Kathmandu, Nepal: University of Cambridge. p. 62.
  3. ^ a b Regmi, Mahesh C. "Regmi Research Series". German Oriental Society. 5: 172–177.
  4. ^ Burleigh, Peter (16 February 2022). "A Chronology of Later Kings of Patan" (PDF). University of Cambridge: 30–31.
Preceded by King of Kantipur
1578–1619
Succeeded by
Preceded by King of Patan
1600–1619
Succeeded by