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

Maharana Sāngā. deeply and began to prepare a large army to avenge the disaster. When his prepara- tions were complete, he sent his generalissimo, Zafar Khan, to plunder the eastern part of Mewar. The Rao of Begoon, Haḍa Chachikdeva, sent intelligence to the Maharana of the capture by Zafar Khan of Kotah, Bhainsror and Sheopur. The Maharana, collecting a large army and accompanied by the Rajas and governors of Aser, Raisen, Chanderi, Narwar, Boondi, Amber, Sambhar, Ajmer, Chatsoo, Lalsot, Marot, Toda and other places, started for Mandalgarh. A sanguinary battle took place, in which Zafar Khan lost almost all the notable chiefs of his army. He fled to Mandu, pursued by the Maharana, who sacked Khairabad (near Mandu). Here Sultan Ghiyasuddin sent ambassadors with peace offerings. The Maharana accepted the nazarana and returned to Chitor.¹ ¹ See Rai Mal Rāsā. Ferishta does not mention this war, probably because it was throughout disastrous to the Sultan. He says that Ghiyasuddin did not leave Mandu after his accession to the throne and that he gave himself up to luxury and ease (Vol. IV., p. 236). This, however, is not a fact. The Rai Mal Rāsā (unpublished) which relates these wars is the work of a contemporary writer 7