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

Maharana Sāngā.
and attacked and killed the Maharana's
nephew. The Rajputs surrounded Baha-
dur and would have hacked him to
pieces, but the Maharana's mother saved
him by sending word to the Rajputs not
to injure him.¹ The Maharana forgave
the prince, but finding that he was
disliked by the people, Bahadur left Chitor
and went away towards Mewat.
Sultan Muzaffar Shah died in S. 1582
(A.D. 1526),² and was succeeded by his
eldest son Sikandar Khan. During the
protracted illness of Muzaffar Shah, the
two parties in the army, headed respec-
tively by Sikandar Khan and the
Sultan's third son Latif Khan, con-
tended for supremacy, and on Sikandar
finally ascending the throne, Latif Khan
and his younger brother Chand Khan, fled
for protection to the Maharana. Sikandar
Khan sent one Malik Latif, on whom
he conferred the title of Sharza Khan,
with an army to capture them. As the
¹ Bayley's History of Gujarāt, p. 305.
² Ibid, p. 307.
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