The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c15.60

v4.c15.60

Mīrzā Sharaf-ud-dīn Husain, whose assignment was in the neighbourhood of Ajmer, was sent to capture the fortress of Merta,¹ then held by Jaimal for the Rānā, Uday Singh of Chitor. The fortress was surrendered and quarter was given on the condition that it should be handed over intact, with its contents, to the imperial troops, but one Deo Dās violated this condition by setting fire to its stores and by offering a determined opposition to the troops as they entered, with the result that “he exalted several of the emperor’s soldiers to the dignity of martyrdom and himself entered eternal fire, being accompanied to hell by 200 of his famous Rājputs”,² and the fortress was occupied by Sharaf-ud-dīn Husain.