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]

Vira Narasimha Malla
King of Patan
Reign1709
PredecessorIndra Malla
SuccessorVira Mahindra Malla
BornNepal
Died1709
DynastyMalla

Life

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The origin of Vira Narasimha Malla is still debated among scholars and some propose that he was a descendant of Siddhi Narasimha Malla,[1] while others debate that Yogamati had remarried Vira Narasimha and made him a Malla king.[2][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.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Shaha, Rishikesh. Ancient and Medieval Nepal (PDF). Kathmandu, Nepal: University of Cambridge. pp. 75–76.
  2. ^ a b c Burleigh, Peter (16 February 2022). "A Chronology of Later Kings of Patan" (PDF). University of Cambridge: 54–55.
  3. ^ Regmi, Mahesh C. "Regmi Research Series". German Oriental Society. 5: 202.
Preceded by King of Patan
1709
Succeeded by