Rawal Samarasimha

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{{Infobox royalty

| name = Samarasimha

| title = Maharajakula
Raula
Maharawal
Rawal

| succession = Maharawal of the Guhila dynasty

| reign = 1272-1301

| predecessor = Rawal Tej Singh

| successor = Ratan Singh

}}

Maharawal Samarsimha or Maharawal Samar Singh was the ruler of the Guhila dynasty from 1272 to 1301. He was the son of Rawal Tejasimha and father of Ratnasimha.{{Cite book|last=Somani|first=Ramavallabha|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NcIBAAAAMAAJ&q=history%20of%20mewar|title=History of Mewar, from Earliest Times to 1751 A.D.|publisher=Mateshwari Publications|year=1976|location=India|pages=90|language=English}}

{{See also|List of wars between the Kingdom of Mewar and the Delhi Sultanate}}

He assisted the ruler of Gujarat, Sarangdeva Baghela against a Turkish Invasion. This Turkish invader is speculated to be Ghiyas ud din Balban or Alauddin Khalji.{{Cite book|last=Somani|first=Ramavallabha|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NcIBAAAAMAAJ&q=history%20of%20mewar|title=History of Mewar, from Earliest Times to 1751 A.D.|publisher=Mateshwari Publications|year=1976|location=India|pages=90–91|language=English}} If the invader was Alauddin Khalji, then his motives for invasion would not be devastation or annexation but passage to invade Gujrat. Since Alauddin was refused passage from Marwar, so the passage was drawn from Mewar. Samarsimha offered strong resistance from Mewar but Alauddin was able to do minor attack on Hindu shrines. but no major devastation was found.{{Cite book|last=Somani|first=Ramavallabha|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NcIBAAAAMAAJ&q=history%20of%20mewar|title=History of Mewar, from Earliest Times to 1751 A.D.|publisher=Mateshwari Publications|year=1976|location=India|pages=91|language=English}}