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

CHAPTER VIII. ──────── INVASION AND CONQUEST OF GUJARĀT. OWING to his failure to cope with Rai Mal, Nasrat-ul-mulk was removed from the government of Idar by Sultan Muzaffar Shah, who appointed “in his place, Malik Husein Bahmani, entitled Nizam-ul-mulk, a man renowned for bravery.”¹ It is said that one day (1520 A. D.) a Bhat (minstrel) extolled the bravery and generosity of Maharana Sāngā in open Durbar in Nizam-ul-mulk’s presence and said : “He protects Rai Mal, the Raja of Idar, and though you may stay a little while in Idar, it will eventually come back into the hands of Rai Mal.” This slap on the face of the governor by a common minstrel roused his anger and he exclaimed, “How can Sāngā protect Rai ¹ Bayley’s Gujarāt, p. 264. 78