Ajanbahu Jatbasha

The title ajanbahu means "his arms were long and his fingers reached up to his knees when standing". Originally, the Gond house of Devagad hailed from Haraya or Harayagad, but later on it was shifted to Devagad about 24 miles from Haraya under Jatba. ==Reign==

The Gauli princes were the predecessors to the Gond house of Deogarh, ruling for 70 years from 1472 to 1542. In 1600, during the reign of Krishna Shah By this time the Gond house of Chanda had weakened and Jatba forced it to recognize its independence. thereafter the Gonds of Chanda were hostile towards Deogarh. He gave jagirs mostly to Gondi people, Korku people and Ahirs. He gave the Chhater zamindari toGond zamindar of Fatehpur-Tekripur by a sanad in 1595. It is said that Akbar visited Deogarh during Jatba's reign. The Ain-i-Akbari by Abul Fazl says that Jatba possessed 2,000 horses, 50,000 foot soldiers and 100 elephants Maharaja Jatba visited the Mughal emperor Jahangir in 1616. ==References==