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

Maharana Kumbha.
territory severely defeated by the Maharana's
forces. Though he made several attempts,
he was neither able to recover the territory
previously conquered and joined to Mewar
by Maharana Kumbha, nor to conquer any
part of the Maharana's country.¹ He had
been so often defeated that after this un-
successful attempt to retrieve his fallen
fortunes, he gave up all hope of success against
the Maharana; and though he lived for 10
years after this defeat, he never again thought
of invading Mewar.²
Sultan Qutb-ud-din of Gujrat did not long
survive³ this defeat. He died on the 25th of
May, A.D. 1459 and was succeeded by Daud
Shah in the following year.
In A.D. 1458, reports reached the Maharana
¹ Ferishta says (Vol. IV, page 224) that Mahmud left
for Mandalgarh on 26 Muharram, H. 861 (A. D. 1856), and took
it on 25 Zilhijj H. 862 (1458 A. D)! It is further stated
that Mahmud advanced towards Chitor on 5 Muharram H.
863 (1458 A. D.) and sent his son, Prince Ghayas-ud-din,
towards Bhilwara, and that the Prince after a severe action
took the fort of Kasundi and then returned to Mandu to join
his father. Is return home without concluding a triumphant
peace, a sign of victory?
² In S. 1518 (A. D. 1461) Mahmud Khilji did indeed go
towards Kumbhalgarh but dared not attack it. Ferishta says
that he passed on to Dungarpur, received two lakhs of rupees
from the Raja, as Faujkharch and returned to Mandu.—
Ferishta, Vol. IV, page 225.
³ Brigg's Ferishta, Vol. IV, page 43.
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