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

Maharana Kumbha. Sultan Hoshang Ghori. He moved from Dhar to Mandu ¹ and made it his capital in 1405 A.D. Sultan Hoshang Ghori's son and successor, Muhammad Ghazni Khan (1434-36 A.D.) was murdered by his slave Mahmud Khan, who ascended the throne under the title of Sultan Mahmud Khilji and reigned from 1436 A.D. to 1475 A.D. During his reign, the kingdom of Malwa reached the zenith of 'its power and prosperity, and it was Sultan Mahmud Khilji that the Maharana challenged to stand the onslaught of the Rajputs. Sultan Mahmud Khilji was eventually defeat- ed, captured and imprisoned by the Maharana in the fort of Chitor. The Maharana magnanimously set the Sultan free and restored him to the throne of Mandu. His descendants ruled in Malwa till 1530 A.D., when Bahadur Shah of Gujrat defeated Sultan Mahmud Khilji II and annexed Malwa to Gujrat. Bahadur Shah, however, was defeated by Humayun, and Malwa and Gujrat both passed into Humayun's possession. But with the rise of Sher Shah, Humayun's ¹ Journal of the Bombay Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, Special number LVIII, page 34. 47