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

Maharana Sāngā.
temperate climate, though exposed to violent
heat in summer and severe cold in winter.
It abounds in corn and fruits, specially the
peach, the pomegranate, the almond and
melon. Its orchards and gardens were
celebrated in olden days.
Bābur describes his father as a brave,
good-humoured prince of a sweet temper,
elegant and refined in his manners and
conversation, fond of letters, and remarkable
for his justice. In his external policy he
was ambitious, restless and unsteady. At
the time of Umar Shaikh’s death, his elder
brother, Sultan Ahmad Mirza, King of Samar-
kand, and Sultan Mirza his brother-in-law,
having combined to deprive Umar Shaikh
of his little kingdom, were marching from
north and south, and it was with difficulty
and after some fighting that Bābur’s nobles
extricated the principality from this danger.
At 15 years of age, Bābur took Samarkand
in November A.D. 1497. Samarkand was one
of the most celebrated and populous cities at
the time. It had been the capital of
Tamerlane the Great. Bābur found the city
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