Vira Narasimha Malla Explained

Vira Narasimha Malla
Succession:King of Patan
Reign:1709
Predecessor:Indra Malla
Successor:Vira Mahindra Malla
Birth Place:Nepal
Death Date:1709
Dynasty:Malla

Vira Narasimha Malla (Nepali: वीर नरसिंह मल्ल) was a Malla dynasty king and the King of Patan. He succeeded Indra Malla and reigned in 1709. [1] [2]

Life

The origin of Vira Narasimha Malla is still debated among scholars and some propose that he was a descendant of Siddhi Narasimha Malla, while others debate that Yogamati had remarried Vira Narasimha and made him a Malla king.[3]

After the death of Indra Malla, there was a political struggle for power between Yogamati, the daughter of Yogaprakash Malla, and Rajeswaridevi, a concubine of the same. The faction of Yogamati installed Vira Narasimha as the king in 1709 but that lasted for only a brief months. He was replaced by Vira Mahindra Malla in the same year. His name again appears on the documents from 1715 but without any royal titles.

References

  1. Book: Shaha, Rishikesh . Ancient and Medieval Nepal . University of Cambridge . Kathmandu, Nepal . 75–76 . English.
  2. Burleigh . Peter . 16 February 2022 . A Chronology of Later Kings of Patan . . 54–55.
  3. Regmi . Mahesh C. . Regmi Research Series . German Oriental Society . 5 . 202 .