The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c16.40

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Early in 1576 Akbar started on his annual pilgrimage to Ajmer, and while there opened hostilities against the Rānā, who had failed to appear at court and had fortified himself at Gogunda. Mān Singh was appointed to the command of the army sent against him, and with him were associated Ghiyās-ud-dīn, 'Alī Āsaf Khān, two of the Bārha Sayyids, and Rāi Lon Karan, a Rājput of the Kachhwāhā clan. The army marched from Māndalgarh towards Gogunda and halted in the plain of Haldīghāt, below the pass of that name. "At this pass Partāp was posted with the flower of Mewār, and glorious was the struggle for its maintenance. Clan after clan followed with desperate intrepidity, emulating the daring of their prince, who led the crimson banner into the hottest part of the field."