Roopmati
Sign in to savealt=Roopmati|200px|thumb|right|Roopmati with Baz Bahadur, Sultan of Malwa. Rani Roopmati (died 1561), also known as Kavi Roopmati, was a poet queen of Mandu and the consort of the Sultan of Malwa, Baz Bahadur. Roopmati features prominently in the folklores of Malwa, which often describe the romance of the Sultan and his consort. She is said to have poisoned herself out of loyalty to her husband when Mandu fell to Adham Khan.
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- Legend
- Poems by Roopmati
- Rewa Kund and Rani Roopmati pavilion
- In popular culture
- References
- Notes
- Bibliography
alt=Roopmati|200px|thumb|right|Roopmati with Baz Bahadur, Sultan of Malwa. Rani Roopmati (died 1561), also known as Kavi Roopmati, was a poet queen of Mandu and the consort of the Sultan of Malwa, Baz Bahadur. Roopmati features prominently in the folklores of Malwa, which often describe the romance of the Sultan and his consort. She is said to have poisoned herself out of loyalty to her husband when Mandu fell to Adham Khan.
==Legend== thumb|200px|right|The defeat of Baz Bahadur by Mughal Empire|Mughal troops, in 1561; Rani Roopmati and her companions view the scene from the terrace of the fort. Depicted in the [[Akbarnama.]] According to folk legend, Baz Bahadur, the last independent ruler of Mandu, met the shepherdess Roopmati while he was out hunting, and she was singing with her friends. He asked her to accompany him to Mandu, and she agreed on the condition that she would live in a palace within sight of the Narmada. Baz Bahadur thus built the Rewa Kund at Mandu.