महाराणा कुम्भा (हरविलास सारदा - मेवाड़ साम्राज्य के अद्वितीय विजेता, निर्माता व विद्वान्)

Maharana Kumbha.
who communicated the information to the
Maharana. Whether this story of the maid
Bharmali was concocted to sow seeds of
dissension between the queenmother Sobhagya-
devi, widow of Mokal and the Dowager Queen
Hansbai, widow of Lakhsh Singh, or was
invented as a part of the intrigue against
Ran Mal, whose dominant position in Mewar
had been the cause of the influx of Rathods
in the country, it is impossible to believe
that the chivalrous Ran Mal entertained the
base designs attributed to him.
His high character, and his past conduct
whether in Marwar or in Mewar, belie the
imputations sought to be cast against him.
His loyalty to the Maharana cannot be
doubted. His position in the administration
naturally excited the jealousy of the chiefs
of Mewar. Whether some of them believed
that Ran Mal's aim was to seize the supreme
power in Mewar or not, they all thought
that the time had come to rise against the
Rathodisation of the Mewar administration
and assert their right to hold important
offices in their own country. There were two
factions in Chitor, (a) the Sisodia nobles of
Mewar and (b) the Rathods headed by Ran Mal.
Ran Mal may have disclosed to Bharmali
his intention to reduce the Sisodia nobility
to a subordinate position and make the Rathod
bureaucracy all powerful.
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