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

Maharana Kumbha.
that place.¹ Shams Khan accepted the terms.²
The Maharana marched with a large army to
Nagor, defeated Mujahidkhan, who fled towards
Gujrat, and placed Shams Khan on the gádi of
Nagor, and demanded of him the fulfilment of
the condition. As preparations were being
made for the demolition of the battlements,
one of the old Pathan officers of Shams Khan
cried out: "Would that Firoz had a daughter
instead of a son, for even she would not have
allowed her father to be disgraced by permit-
ting the dismantling of the fortifications of
the fort."³ On this, Shams Khan humbly
prayed to the Maharana to spare the fort just
then, for otherwise his nobles would kill him
after the Maharana was gone. He promised
to demolish the battlements himself later on.
The Maharana granted this prayer and returned
to Mewar.
No sooner, however, had Kumbhá reached
Kumbhalgarh than Shams Khan, instead of
demolishing, began to strengthen the fortifica-
¹ Ferishta, Vol. IV, page 40. Also Bayley's History of
Gujrat, page 148, footnote.
² Ferishta, Vol. IV, page 41.
³ Bayley's History of Gujrat, page 148, footnote.
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