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'{{Short description|Clan in Maharashtra, India}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2022}} {{Use Indian English|date=May 2022}} The '''Shirke''' is a [[Maratha clan]], found largely in [[Maharashtra]] and bordering states of India. ==History== The Shirke clan held [[Deshmukh]]i rights in the areas of coastal [[Konkan]] in present day state of [[Maharashtra]] and some inland areas of Western Maharashtra during 15th century under the [[Bahamani Sultanate]] and in 16th and 17th century under the successor [[Deccan sultanates]] of [[Adilshahi]] and [[Nizamshahi]]<ref name="jstor.org">{{cite journal|last1=Kulkarni|first1=G.T.|title=Deccan (Maharashtra) Under the Muslim Rulers From Khaljis to Shivaji: A Study in Interaction, Profesor S.M. Katre Felicitation|journal=Bulletin of the Deccan College Research Institute|date=1992|volume=51/52|pages=501–510|jstor=42930434}}</ref> During the Bahamani era, the seat of Shirke fief was at Khelna (Vishalgad).<ref name="Ali1996">{{cite book|author=Shanti Sadiq Ali|title=The African Dispersal in the Deccan: From Medieval to Modern Times|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-3CPc22nMqIC&pg=PR9|year=1996|publisher=Orient Blackswan|isbn=978-81-250-0485-1|pages=45–46}}</ref> The Shirkes intermarried with the [[Surve]]s and kept command over their regions. In the mid 17th century, [[Shivaji]], the founder of [[Maratha empire]] got the Surve and Shirke to join him by force or by forming marital alliances.{{fact|date=October 2022}} The Shirke family has been descent of Ikshwaku Sri Ram dynasty, Suryavanshi. The ancestors of Shirke family were educated in Kirshna Yajurveda. The Shirke family's Kulaswamini Shirkai has had been the Kanchipuram Kamakshi. Shirkai & Kamakshi both are represented as the head of the Sree Devi in Shakti Sampraday. The connection of Kanchi Shakti peetha with Raigad Gadaswamni had been one of the major reasons that Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj decided to make Raigad as the capital of Maratha Empire. The Shirkes were relatives of 17th Bhosale rulers, [[Shahaji]], [[Shivaji]], [[Sambhaji]], and [[Rajaram Chhatrapati|Rajaram]]. The marital relationship between Shirke & Bhosle has been maintained up until today. The false involvement of Shirke family into the capture of Sambhaji Maharaj can be understood when we see the son of Sambahji Maharaj Shahu married to Sakuvarabai Shirke. After the death of Sambhaji Maharaj, Rajaram Maharaj ascended the throne. Yet, Rajaram Maharaj took the help of Shirke family to move safely to Jinji. These two indecents confirm that Shirke family was not involved in the betrayal and in fact close trust worthy relatives of Bhosle family. Therefore, it has to be understood that Shirke has been one of the integral part of Maratha Intelligence Cell called "Ganimi Kava". The marital relationship between Bhosle family and Shirke family have been maintained up untill today. The Shirke family had been the dominant naval force of Maratha Empire. In 16th century over 300 naval ships controlled the western India by Shirke family. The contribution of Shirke family towards the Swaraj has been unprecedented. Yet the Marath's history has been manipulated for the wasted interest few Bramhins. Martin Francisco, a French man had mentioned in his diary the culprits of Sambhaji Maharaj's capture. Martin's diary says that close Bramhnis betrayed Sambhaji Maharaj, hence the Sambhaji was captured by Mughal army, therefore the whole south India was in a major chaos at the time. Martin's french diary dates the incident on page 'Mars 1689' is available in the internet archive. The original copies of the diary is safe in Paris museum at the moment. The Shirke were relations and confidantes of the Raja Pratapsinha of the short lived [[Satara state]]. He also sent a member of the Shirke family to London to plead his case of restoring him to power in 1839.<ref name="Kulkarni1995">{{cite book|author=Sumitra Kulkarni|title=The Satara Raj, 1818-1848: A Study in History, Administration, and Culture|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SYOSHaZnBy8C&pg=PP15|year=1995|publisher=Mittal Publications|isbn=978-81-7099-581-4|pages=25, 33}}</ref> == See also == * [[Maratha]] * [[Maratha Empire]] * [[Maratha clan system]] * [[List of Maratha dynasties and states]] * [[Bhonsle]] * [[Gaekwad]] * [[Scindia]] * [[Puars]] * [[Holkar]] * [[Peshwa]] == References == {{Reflist}} === Further reading === * {{cite book|author=S.R. Bakshi|title=Advanced history of medieval India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gDjzm-hdzq0C&pg=PA391|accessdate=20 May 2011|date=1 January 2003|publisher=Anmol Publications PVT. LTD.|isbn=978-81-7488-028-4|pages=391–}} [[Category:Maratha clans]] [[Category:Surnames]]'