The claim of relationship with the House of Udaipur has, on the other hand, not been contested except by enemies of Shivaji and appears to have been accepted by contemporaries. The family name of Bhosle is said to be derived from the fief of Bhosavat in Udaipur, whence a prince named Sajan-sing fled after the first Mussulman conquest of Udaipur to seek his fortune as a soldier of fortune in the south.
