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

Maharana Kumbha.
and by forced marches reached Kumbhalgarh
before the Sultan arrived there.
Imad-ul-Mulk returned discomfited to the
Sultan, and both arrived at the foot of the hill
on which is perched the fortress of Kumbhal-
garh. The Maharana sallied out of the
fortress and attacked and defeated the Sultan,
who sustained a heavy loss, and losing all hope
of taking this stronghold, retired to Gujrat.¹
The Kings of Malwa and Gujrat, thus
completely defeated by the Maharana one after
another, now resolved to combine and invade
Mewar. As stated before, Sultan Mahmud
Khilji of Malwa had become convinced
that single handed he could never succeed
against the Maharana and had resolved to
form an alliance with the Sultan of Gujrat.
He therefore sent his Vazir, Taj Khan, to
Ahmedabad. As Sultan Qutb-ud-din of Gujrat
was returning discomfited, after his defeat at
the Maharana's hands, to Ahmedabad, Taj
Khan met him on the way and proposed a
formal offensive alliance against the Maharana,
who had destroyed the Mussalman Chiefship
¹ The Bombay Gazetteer, page 242.
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