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

Maharana Sāngā. commander-in-chief. When this army reached the Maharana’s territory the Maharana advanced with his Rajputs. As the two armies came in sight of each other near Dholpur,¹ Mian Makhan made dispositions for the battle. Said Khan Furat and Haji Khan with 7,000 horsemen, were placed on the right ; and Daulat Khan, Allahdad Khan and Yusuf Khan commanded the centre. The Sultan’s army was fully prepared to give the Maharana a warm reception. The Rajputs, with their accustomed valour, advanced and fell on the Sultan’s army, and in a short time put the enemy to flight. “Many brave and worthy men were made martyrs and the others were scattered.”² This battle took place about A.D. 1518. The Rajputs pursued the fleeing rem- nants of the Sultan’s army up to Byana.³ ¹ Erskine’s History of India, Vol. I., p. 480. ² Tarikhi Salatini Afghana in Elliot’s History of India, Vol. V., p. 19. ³ Tarikhi Daudi. The Tarikhi Salatini Afghana says that before the battle, Mian Husein Khan separated from the Sultan’s army with a thousand horsemen and joined the Rana, but that he himself did not take part in the battle, though 61