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

Maharana Kumbha.
of the fort, and an image of Hanumán from
Nagor, which he fixed to the principal gate
of the fortress of Kumbhalgarh, calling it the
Hanumán Pol.¹
The Chitorgarh Kirtisthambha Inscription
repeats these facts, and says that he destroyed
"the great mosque built by Sultan Firoz,
which showed Muslims the way to Nagor",
(verse 19) and dismantled the fort and filled up
the moat. "He uprooted the Mussalman tree of
Nagor and destroyed it with all its mosques,"
Verse 22; and took away Shams Khan's
treasure containing heaps of jewels (V. 23).
Shams Khan fled to Ahmedabad, taking
with him his daughter, whom he gave to
Sultan Qutb-ud-din to wife.² The Sultan
thereupon espoused his cause and sent a large
army under Rái Rám Chandar and Malik
Gadday to take back Nagor. The Maharana
allowed the army to approach Nagor, when
he came out, and after a severe engagement
¹ Vir Vinod Vol. I, p. 332, says the Maharana carried away
the image of Hanuman from Nagor. The Kumbhalgarh Ins-
cription, however, says that the image had been brought by
Kumbha from Mandor.
² Bayley's Gujrat, page 149. Ferishta, Vol. IV, page 41.
³ Ibid. The Bombay Gazetteer, Vol. I, page 242, has Anup
'Chand Manek and Malik Gadai.
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