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

Maharana Sāngā. assistance. He was followed by others. The king owed his life and his throne to the fidelity and chivalry of Medni Rai, who now became the Sultan's com- mander-in-chief. When Sultan Mahmud marched towards the capital, he was opposed by the rebel forces, headed by Prince Sahib Khan. “The fate of the action,” says Ferishta, “was eventually decided¹ by the gallant conduct of Medni Rai and the Rajput infantry, who preserved a compact phalanx, and with spears and daggers broke the enemy.” Medni Rai is said to have raised a force of forty thousand Rajputs² to help the Sultan. The Sultan regained his kingdom with the assistance of Medni Rai, who now became Prime Minister of Malwa. He not only reduced the rebel nobles to submission but estab- lished the authority of the king through- out the kingdom. Some of these dis- affected persons, jealous of his increasing power and prestige, and resenting the

¹ Brigg’s Ferishta, Vol. IV, page 248. ² Bayley’s Gujarāt, page 247, footnote. 64