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

Maharana Sāngā.
Let us, therefore, with one accord swear on
God’s holy word, that none of us will for a
moment think of turning his face from this
warfare; or shrink from the battle and
slaughter that ensue, till his soul is separat-
ed from his body.’ Master and servant,
small and great, all with emulation seizing
the blessed Qoran in their hands, swore in
the form that I had given.”
Though twenty thousand soldiers of
Bābur swore on the Qoran to win or die in
the battle but not to leave the field alive,
yet Bābur was not assured of success, and
conscious of the grave consequences of a
defeat at this juncture, he renewed¹ the
negotiations with the Maharana through
Silhiddi, the Chief of Raisen. He offered
to make Peela khal near Byana the boundary
of their respective dominions and give an
annual tribute to the Maharana on condition
of being left Delhi and its dependencies.”²
¹ The Tabqati Akbari says that at this Council the
grandees advised Bābur to retire to the Panjab.
² Tod’s Rajasthan, Vol. I., p. 305: “We can well
believe,” says he, “that in the position Bābur then was,
he would not scruple to promise anything”—p. 306.
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