The Akbarī Generations 38: Conquest of Kalinjar.

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This is a strong fortress, and many former Sultans had been ambitious of taking it. Sher Khan Afghan (Sher Shah) besieged it for a year, but was killed in the attempt to take it, as has been narrated in the history of his reign. During the interregnum of the Afghans, Raja Ram Chandar had purchased the fort at a high price from Bijilli Khan, the adopted son (pisar-i khwanda) of Bihar Khan Afghan. The renown of the conquest of the forts of Chitor and Rantambhor spread through the world, and the men of the Imperial army who held jagirs in the neighbourhood of Kalinjar were constantly forming plans for the capture of that fort, and were anxious to begin the war. Raja Ram Chandar was a prudent and experienced man, and considered himself an adherent of the Imperial throne. He sent by his envoy the keys of the fortress and suitable offerings, with congratulations for the victories achieved, to the Emperor. On the same day the custody of the fortress was given into the charge of Majnun Khan Kakshal, one of the jagirdars of that quarter, and a friendly farman was sent to Raja Ram Chandar. The fortress came into the possession of the Emperor in the month of Safar, 977 H., in the fourteenth year of his reign.