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

Maharana Kumbha.
instead of Ran Mal, the eldest of them all.
Satta promised to give half the territory to
Randhir. Randhir placed Satta on the throne
himself getting half the estate. But he had
not counted with Narbad, the warlike son
of Satta, who did not like that half the income
of Marwar should go to Randhir. Narbad
determined to get rid of Randhir. Randhir's
son Napa soon died of poison, and one Dayal
having apprised Randhir of his impending
doom, Randhir repaired to Chitor and insti-
gated Ran Mal to claim his patrimony.¹
Both Satta and Ran Mal were maternal uncles
of the Maharana Mokal, but as Ran Mal
was the rightful successor of Kanha, the
Maharana expoused his cause and furnished
him with a large army, with which he invaded
Mandor, defeated Satta and recovered his
rightful inheritance. The Maharana called Satta
and Narbad to Chitor and bestowed a jagir
of a lakh of rupees with the town of Kāyalānā
on Narbad and enrolled him among his vassals.
Ran Mal thus began to reign in Mandor.²
¹ See Vir Vinod, p. 312.
² Mehta Nainsi in his Khyat (p. 25) says that after
recovering Mandor with the help of Maharana Mokal's
army, Ran Mal gave Mandor to his eldest son Jodha and
himself took up residence at Nagor.
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