However, internal bickering led to their decline and they were practically made state pensioneries by the Maratha general Raghoji I Bhonsle in the 1743.

[9][17] The Gond kingdom of Deogarh reached its peak under the capable leadership of Bakht Buland Shah and his successor Chand Sultan.

[11] A series of Maratha rulers came to power following the fall of the Gonds from the throne of Nagpur, starting with Raghoji Bhonsle.

This treaty rendered the king almost powerless, and when he rebelled against Raghoji, he was defeated with ease imprisoned him permanently in the Ballalpur fort.

Suleiman Shah was staunchly loyal to the British government, "he was a most humane and generous landlord and a just yet a merciful magistrate".

[3] In 1564, Akbar's general Khwaja Abdul Majid Asaf Khan had attacked Panna and made it a feudatory state.

Then he attacked & defeated Garha-Katanga ruled by Rani Durgavati and made it also a feudatory state with reduced boundaries.

The Mughal governors of the province allowed the Deogarh rulers to rule of their territory on payment of yearly tribute.

[26] The Ain-i-Akbari by Abul Fazl records that Jatba, the Gond king of Deogarh, was an ennobled vassal of Akbar and was paying annual tribute to him.

In 1686, Bhagtu, one of the sons of Kok Shah went to Aurangzeb at Solapur or Bijapur for help, accepted Islam, and was rechristened as Bakht Buland.

One of the reasons could be Jhujhar Singh, the rebellious raja of Orchha was allowed to pass through Deogarh territory unharmed.