महाराणा सांगा: द हिन्दूपत (हरविलास सारदा - मेवाड़ साम्राज्य एवं खानवा महायुद्ध इतिहास)

Maharana Sāngā.
dissensions broke out between the two
princes. Bahadur Khan, fearing the power
of Sikandar Khan, determined to flee for
safety. In answer to Shaikh Jiu’s enquiry
as to what else he desired besides the
kingdom of Gujarāt, Bahadur Khan said
that he was anxious to wrest the fort
of Chitor from the Maharana to avenge
what the Maharana had done after his
conquest of Ahmadnagar, “when he slew
so many Mussalmans and carried their
women captive.” The Shaikh became
silent, but declared, on Bahadur’s pressing
for a reply, that the fall of Chitor was
conditional on the Sultan’s own destruc-
tion. Bahadur declared his willingness
to undergo the sacrifice.¹
In V. S. 1581 (1524 A. D.) Prince Baha-
dur fled from Gujarāt and took shelter with
Maharana Sāngā at Chitor. He was not
ashamed to ask for shelter and hospitality of
the very man whose destruction he heartily
desired and was secretly planning to
¹ Bayley’s Gujarāt, page 305.
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