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

Maharana Sāngā.
alarmed, for he knew that Sāngā, as he
says in his Memoirs, was a very powerful
king, and that "the high eminence he
then held, he had attained by his valour
and his sword." He knew very well that
the Afghan chiefs in India were all at
heart his enemies. He therefore made
overtures for peace through Raja Silhiddi
Tuar of Raisen, a feudatory of the Maharana,
but the Maharana rejected the overtures,
and after taking the strong fort of
Kandar from Hasan Makan,¹ who in vain
applied to Bābur for help, advanced to
Byana. Hasan Khan of Mewat who, along
with other chieftains "looked to Sāngā for
aid," did not take the bait offered by
Bābur through Nahar Khan, but joined
Sāngā with ten thousand horse. The
Maharana attacked and took Byana, the
governor, Mehdi Khwaja, fleeing to Bābur
with the remnant of his troops. The
Maharana's army advanced and fell on
Bābur's advanced guard on 21st February
1527 (Chaitra Bad 6th, S. 1583 = 20
¹ Erskine's History of India, Vol. I., p. 448.
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