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

Maharana Sāngā.
assistance. He was followed by others.
The king owed his life and his throne
to the fidelity and chivalry of Medni
Rai, who now became the Sultan's com-
mander-in-chief. When Sultan Mahmud
marched towards the capital, he was opposed
by the rebel forces, headed by Prince Sahib
Khan. “The fate of the action,” says
Ferishta, “was eventually decided¹ by the
gallant conduct of Medni Rai and the
Rajput infantry, who preserved a compact
phalanx, and with spears and daggers broke
the enemy.” Medni Rai is said to have
raised a force of forty thousand Rajputs²
to help the Sultan. The Sultan regained
his kingdom with the assistance of
Medni Rai, who now became Prime
Minister of Malwa. He not only reduced
the rebel nobles to submission but estab-
lished the authority of the king through-
out the kingdom. Some of these dis-
affected persons, jealous of his increasing
power and prestige, and resenting the

¹ Brigg’s Ferishta, Vol. IV, page 248.
² Bayley’s Gujarāt, page 247, footnote.
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