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

Maharana Kumbha.
and came upon the Sultan's army near
Mandalgarh. A battle was fought here
in which the Sultan was defeated, but the
defeat was not decisive.¹ A few days later
the Maharana made a night attack on the
Sultan who was utterly defeated and fled
towards Mandu.² Ferishta says: "The Sultan
returned without molestation to Mandu."—
Vol. IV, p. 210. This is Ferishta's way of
describing a defeat.
To retrieve this fresh disaster, Mahmud
set about preparing another army, and four
years later, on 20th Rajab, H. 850 (Kartik
Bad 6th, S. 1503), 11 October 1446 A.D., he
went towards Mandalgarh with a large army.
Reaching Rampura (now in Indore State)
he appointed Malik Saifuddin as governor
there in place of Bahadur and moved further.
The Maharana's army attacked him while he
was crossing the river Banas,³ and having
¹ Ferishta (Vol. IV, page 210) says that the Maharana
attacked the Sultan on 26th April 1443 A.D. with an army of
12 thousand horse and 6000 infantry but was unsuccessful.
The next day, the Sultan obtained some loot and returned to
Mandu with the intention of attacking Chitor the following
year. The historians of Rajputana say that the Sultan was
defeated, but the defeat was not decisive.
² Vir Vinod of Mahamahopadhyaya Kaviraj Shamaldas
Vol. I, p. 325.
³ Vir Vinod, Vol. I, page 325.
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