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

Maharana Sāngā. Let us, therefore, with one accord swear on God’s holy word, that none of us will for a moment think of turning his face from this warfare; or shrink from the battle and slaughter that ensue, till his soul is separat- ed from his body.’ Master and servant, small and great, all with emulation seizing the blessed Qoran in their hands, swore in the form that I had given.” Though twenty thousand soldiers of Bābur swore on the Qoran to win or die in the battle but not to leave the field alive, yet Bābur was not assured of success, and conscious of the grave consequences of a defeat at this juncture, he renewed¹ the negotiations with the Maharana through Silhiddi, the Chief of Raisen. He offered to make Peela khal near Byana the boundary of their respective dominions and give an annual tribute to the Maharana on condition of being left Delhi and its dependencies.”² ¹ The Tabqati Akbari says that at this Council the grandees advised Bābur to retire to the Panjab. ² Tod’s Rajasthan, Vol. I., p. 305: “We can well believe,” says he, “that in the position Bābur then was, he would not scruple to promise anything”—p. 306. 137