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

Maharana Kumbha.
Khan. Later, Shams Khan made common cause
with Muzaffar Shah and poisoned Tatarkhan.
On regaining his throne, Muzaffar Shah, to
reward his services, gave Nagor as jagir to
Shams Khan, where he and his descendants
ruled for several generations, often paying
tributes to Mewar or Marwar. Shams Khan
was succeeded at Nagor by his son, Firoz
Khan, who was a warrior of some renown.
He measured swords with. Kumbha's father,
Maharana Mokal, who defeated him and
destroyed his army at Jáwar, 20 miles
south of Udaipur.¹ Firoz Khan had to return
discomfited to Nagor.
The capture of Nagor in A.D. 1455 by
Maharana Kumbha brought Sultan Qutbud-
din of Ahmedabad into the field against him.
With the King of Malwa, the Maharana had
come into collision in the early part of his
reign. These two kingdoms—the most power-
ful Mussalman principalities in India at the
time—when defeated singly by the Maharana,
combined and simultaneously invaded Mewar
from the west and the south; but Kumbha,
¹ See Samiddheshwar Mahadeva Temple Inscription of
Magh Sud 3rd, S. 1485 (A.D. 1429) at Chitor.
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