महाराणा सांगा: द हिन्दूपत (हरविलास सारदा - मेवाड़ साम्राज्य एवं खानवा महायुद्ध इतिहास)

Maharana Sāngā. his officers were killed and the army was nearly annihilated. Asaf Khan's son was killed, and Asaf Khan himself sought safety in flight. Sultan Mahmud was taken prisoner, wounded and bleeding. The noble Maharana had him removed with care to his own camp, where his wounds were carefully dressed and properly treated. He was then removed to Chitor, where he remained a prisoner for three months. Every comfort was provided for him, and when his wounds were healed up and he was restored to health, the high-souled Maharana, with a magnanimity unique in the annals of warfare, not only set him free¹ but restored his dominions to him, and sent him to Mandu with a strong Rajput escort. The Maharana used to treat Sultan Mahmud with great courtesy and friendship, so far at times as to make him sit on a ¹ A poet says :— राहां पकड़ छोड़बो सांगा थारे हांसां खेल हमीरह‌रा. "Sāngā, descendant of Hammir, to capture and set free kings is a joke and play for thee. 72