The Jat ruler, Surajmal in 1753, with help from Jai Singh of Jaipur and the Muslim army, occupied the fort of Koil.

Founded in the Ninth Century B.C. it was called Byzantium 200 years later when Byzas, ruler of the Megarians, expanded the settlement and named it after himself.

The concept of the Middle Kingdom at peace, strong and united under a forceful ruler, which had been only a longed-for ideal in the time of the Warring States, was finally realized by the establishment of a Chinese Empire under the Ch'in dynasty ( 221-207 B.C. ).

In Old Babylonian astronomy, Ea was the ruler of the southernmost quarter of the Sun's path, the " Way of Ea ", corresponding to the period of 45 days on either side of winter solstice.

The Osmanli ruler Osman I was the first Turkish ruler who minted coins in his own name in 1320s, for it bears the legend " Minted by Osman son of Ertugul ".

He also was a promoter of the New Text school, which considered Confucius as a divine figure and a spiritual ruler of China, who foresaw and started the evolution of the world towards the Universal Peace.

He was the ruler of everything and the creator of heaven and earth ( Section 3 ).

In spite of this, he went to Italy in 1132 in the train of the king, and his services there were rewarded in 1134 by the investiture of the Northern March, which was again without a ruler.

As administrator of the Diocese of Hereford, he was involved in fighting against the Welsh, suffering two defeats at the hands of raiders before securing a settlement with Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, a Welsh ruler.

The Laudes Regiae, or song commending a ruler, that was performed at Matilda's coronation may have been composed by Ealdred himself for the occasion.

Alexander Balas (), ruler of the Greek Seleucid kingdom in 150 – 146 BC, was a native of Smyrna of humble origin, but gave himself out to be the son of Antiochus IV Epiphanes and Laodice IV and heir to the Seleucid throne.

It is important to note that Alexander was the last known ruler of the Gediminids dynasty to have maintained the family's ancestral Lithuanian language.

During that time, Milan was regarded as the de facto ruler of the country.

Here Alexios III eventually surrendered, with Euphrosyne, to Marquis Boniface of Montferrat, who was establishing himself as ruler of the Kingdom of Thessalonica.

After his education, Alexei married, albeit greatly against his will Princess Charlotte of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, whose family was connected by marriage to many of the great families of Europe i. e., Charlotte's sister Elizabeth was married to Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI, ruler of the Habsburg Monarchy.

It is uncertain how seriously this should be taken ; Asser was more concerned to represent Alfred as a wise ruler than to report actual royal policy.

At this time, Ifriqiya was in ferment, the Zirid ruler al-Muizz ibn Badis, was openly contemplating breaking with his Shi ' ite Fatimid overlords in Cairo, and the jurists of Kairouan were agitating for him to do so.

Thus the possibility of re-incorporating Portugal ( up to then Southern Galicia ) into a Kingdom of Portugal and Galicia as before was eliminated and Afonso became sole ruler ( Duke of Portugal ) after demands for independence from the county's church and nobles.

He was the last great ruler of Egypt before the Persian conquest.

Amos was a prophet during the reign of Jeroboam ben Joash ( Jeroboam II ), ruler of Israel from 793 BC to 753 BC, and the reign of Uzziah, King of Judah, at a time when both kingdoms ( Israel in the North and Judah in the South ) were peaking in prosperity.

Andriscus, (-Andriskos ) and often called the " pseudo-Philip ", was the last King of Macedon ( 149 BC – 148 BC ), and ruler of Adramyttium in Aeolis ( in western Anatolia ).

He was a harsh and effective ruler, who cleared all Orthodox Christian liturgic remnants in favour of Papal standards.

His father was a rich and independent ruler of the Zličan princedom that rivaled Prague ( see Slavník's dynasty ).

* Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV ( 1884-1940 ), the former ruler of Mysore

* Raja Raja Chola I, ruler of the Chola Dynasty of India – Tamil King

On the eve of independence in 1947, India ( including present day Pakistan & Bangladesh ) contained more than 600 princely states, each with its own ruler, often styled Raja or Thakur ( if the ruler were Hindu ) or Nawab ( if he were Muslim ), with a host of less current titles as well.

During the reign of Dharma Raja, Marthanda Varma's successor, Tipu Sultan, the de facto ruler of Kingdom of Mysore and the son of Hyder Ali attacked Travancore as a part of the Mysorean invasion of Kerala ; this lead to the famous Third Anglo-Mysore War, as Travancore had already allied with the British to seek protection from the potent assault from Tippu.

His ambition was inspired by becoming " Raja Chakravarti " or greatest emperor and " Ekrat ", undisputed ruler.

Around 1411, Raja Kumar, the ruler of Kelantan, became independent of Siam, and Kelantan became an important centre of trade by the end of the 15th century.

Raja ( also spelled rajah, from Sanskrit ) is an Indian term for a monarch, or princely ruler of the Kshatriya varna.

The Minangkabau ruler, Sultan Abdul Jalil, obliged by sending his near relative, Raja Melewar.

When he arrived, he found that another royal, Raja Khatib had already established himself as ruler.

He declared war against Raja Khatib and became the ruler of Negeri Sembilan.

The Undang themselves cannot stand for election and their choice of ruler is limited to a male Muslim who is Malay and also a " lawfully begotten descendant of Raja Radin ibni Raja Lenggang ".

Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin ibni Almarhum Tuanku Syed Putra Jamalullail was installed as the twelfth ruler of Perlis on 17 April 2000, the day after the death of his father, Tuanku Syed Putra ibni Almarhum Syed Hassan Jamalullail, who had been Raja since 1945, and was at that time the world's longest reigning monarch.

* ( Sometime during ) 1799-1839 AD-The outer fortification wall on the north with the moat, the marble athdera, Havaeli Mai Jindan and Bara Dari Raja Dhiyan Singh were constructed by Ranjit Singh, Sikh ruler from 1799-1839 AD

When a ruler is elected as the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, his consort automatically becomes the Raja Permaisuri Agong.

It was orchestrated by the then ruler of Cochin, Sakthan Thampuran or Raja Rama Varma, in 1798.

** Raja, Indian for " ruler .".

Over time, they took princely and royal titles such as Maharaja ( Great King ), Raja ( King ), Nawab ( Lord ), Mirza ( Prince ), reddy ( ruler ), Chowdhury ( Lord ), and many others.

Avittom Thirunal Balarama Varma ( c. 1782 – 1810 ) was a ruler of the Indian princely state of Travancore from 1798 to 1810, succeeding Maharajah Dharma Raja.

Gujarat was ruled by the young Rajput ruler Bhimdev Solanki II ( ruled 1178 – 1241 ), although the age of the Raja meant that the army was commanded by his mother Naikidevi.