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

Maharana Sāngā. dissensions broke out between the two princes. Bahadur Khan, fearing the power of Sikandar Khan, determined to flee for safety. In answer to Shaikh Jiu’s enquiry as to what else he desired besides the kingdom of Gujarāt, Bahadur Khan said that he was anxious to wrest the fort of Chitor from the Maharana to avenge what the Maharana had done after his conquest of Ahmadnagar, “when he slew so many Mussalmans and carried their women captive.” The Shaikh became silent, but declared, on Bahadur’s pressing for a reply, that the fall of Chitor was conditional on the Sultan’s own destruc- tion. Bahadur declared his willingness to undergo the sacrifice.¹ In V. S. 1581 (1524 A. D.) Prince Baha- dur fled from Gujarāt and took shelter with Maharana Sāngā at Chitor. He was not ashamed to ask for shelter and hospitality of the very man whose destruction he heartily desired and was secretly planning to ¹ Bayley’s Gujarāt, page 305. 90