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

Maharana Kumbha.
Sultan Hoshang Ghori. He moved from
Dhar to Mandu ¹ and made it his capital in
1405 A.D. Sultan Hoshang Ghori's son and
successor, Muhammad Ghazni Khan (1434-36
A.D.) was murdered by his slave Mahmud
Khan, who ascended the throne under the title
of Sultan Mahmud Khilji and reigned from
1436 A.D. to 1475 A.D. During his reign,
the kingdom of Malwa reached the zenith
of 'its power and prosperity, and it was Sultan
Mahmud Khilji that the Maharana challenged
to stand the onslaught of the Rajputs.
Sultan Mahmud Khilji was eventually defeat-
ed, captured and imprisoned by the Maharana
in the fort of Chitor.
The Maharana magnanimously set the
Sultan free and restored him to the throne of
Mandu. His descendants ruled in Malwa
till 1530 A.D., when Bahadur Shah of Gujrat
defeated Sultan Mahmud Khilji II and annexed
Malwa to Gujrat. Bahadur Shah, however,
was defeated by Humayun, and Malwa and
Gujrat both passed into Humayun's possession.
But with the rise of Sher Shah, Humayun's
¹ Journal of the Bombay Branch of the Royal Asiatic
Society, Special number LVIII, page 34.
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