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

Maharana Sāngā.
throne of Kabul, revolted, and it was with
the greatest difficulty that he defeated the
rebel Moghul chiefs (A.D. 1508) and gained
success over them—a success to achieve
which his bodily strength and personal
gallantry contributed not a little. "His
heroism and desperation appalled his enemies
and reanimated his followers."
Bābur now enjoyed repose for two years.
He then heard of the victory gained by the
King of Persia, Shah Ismail Safvi, over
Shaibani Khan at Merv.¹ Khan Mirza
sent the welcome news by a messenger,
who travelled post haste to inform Bābur
of the momentous happenings in the
north and invited him to recover his
patrimony. Bābur started, and meeting with
¹ Shaibani's end was very inglorious. Defeated in
battle at Mahmudabad of Merv he took shelter with 500
men in an inclosure, and when pressed hard they all
jumped over the wall to escape towards the river, but
in doing so fell in heaps on each other. Shaibani was
overlaid and smothered by the crowd after him. His
body was unearthed and his head was cut off and pre-
sented to Shah Ismail. The skin of his head was stuffed
with hay and sent to Sultan Bayazid, the Turkish
Emperor of Constantinople. The skull, set in gold, was
made into a drinking cup, which the Shah was proud of
displaying at his great entertainments.
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