महाराणा कुम्भा (हरविलास सारदा - मेवाड़ साम्राज्य के अद्वितीय विजेता, निर्माता व विद्वान्)

Maharana Kumbha. instead of Ran Mal, the eldest of them all. Satta promised to give half the territory to Randhir. Randhir placed Satta on the throne himself getting half the estate. But he had not counted with Narbad, the warlike son of Satta, who did not like that half the income of Marwar should go to Randhir. Narbad determined to get rid of Randhir. Randhir's son Napa soon died of poison, and one Dayal having apprised Randhir of his impending doom, Randhir repaired to Chitor and insti- gated Ran Mal to claim his patrimony.¹ Both Satta and Ran Mal were maternal uncles of the Maharana Mokal, but as Ran Mal was the rightful successor of Kanha, the Maharana expoused his cause and furnished him with a large army, with which he invaded Mandor, defeated Satta and recovered his rightful inheritance. The Maharana called Satta and Narbad to Chitor and bestowed a jagir of a lakh of rupees with the town of Kāyalānā on Narbad and enrolled him among his vassals. Ran Mal thus began to reign in Mandor.² ¹ See Vir Vinod, p. 312. ² Mehta Nainsi in his Khyat (p. 25) says that after recovering Mandor with the help of Maharana Mokal's army, Ran Mal gave Mandor to his eldest son Jodha and himself took up residence at Nagor. 25