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

CHAPTER VIII.
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INVASION AND CONQUEST OF GUJARĀT.
OWING to his failure to cope with Rai
Mal, Nasrat-ul-mulk was removed from
the government of Idar by Sultan Muzaffar
Shah, who appointed “in his place, Malik
Husein Bahmani, entitled Nizam-ul-mulk, a
man renowned for bravery.”¹
It is said that one day (1520 A. D.) a
Bhat (minstrel) extolled the bravery and
generosity of Maharana Sāngā in open
Durbar in Nizam-ul-mulk’s presence and
said : “He protects Rai Mal, the Raja of
Idar, and though you may stay a little
while in Idar, it will eventually come
back into the hands of Rai Mal.” This
slap on the face of the governor by a
common minstrel roused his anger and he
exclaimed, “How can Sāngā protect Rai
¹ Bayley’s Gujarāt, p. 264.
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