Rana Kumbha’s Nagaur campaigns

01The broken promise

Firishta and the Mirat-i-Sikandari tell that when Firuz Khan of Nagaur died, his brother Mujahid Khan seized the town and the heir Shams Khan fled to Kumbha. Kumbha restored him on condition that he dismantle the fort’s defences. Shams Khan instead strengthened them and turned to Gujarat, marrying his daughter to the sultan. Kumbha marched on Nagaur, took it, and destroyed the fort. Kumbha’s own Kumbhalgarh prashasti boasts of the victory.

02War with Gujarat and Malwa

The sultan of Gujarat, Qutb al-Din, invaded Mewar in revenge, and in 1456 Gujarat and Malwa agreed to attack Mewar together and divide it. Their armies besieged Kumbhalgarh and Chittor in turn without taking either. Persian chronicles claim victories in the field and tribute; Mewar inscriptions claim the opposite. What stands is that Kumbha, attacked from two sides by two sultanates, kept his kingdom whole until his death in 1468.

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