The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c29.s2.115
The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c29.s2.115
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He had three sons, Sangrama or Sangā, Prithvī Rāj, and Jaimall, whose ambition bred bitter strife between them until Sangrama withdrew from Mewār and lived in concealment to avoid the violence of Prithvī Rāj, and Prithvī Rāj was banished. Jaimall was now regarded as the heir, but in attempting to gain access to the damsel whom he was to marry was slain by her indignant father, and Prithvī Rāj was recalled from banishment and gained the hand of the maiden on whose account his brother had been slain. Another claimant to the throne arose in the person of Sūrajmall, the cousin of the three princes, but Prithvī Rāj defeated him and drove him from Mewār, and his great-grandson, Bika, founded the Partābgarh-Deolia state. Prithvī Rāj was afterwards poisoned by his brother-in-law, Jaimall of Sirohi, whose title to Ābū had been confirmed by his marriage, and whom Prithvī Rāj had punished for ill-treating his sister; and on Rāimall's death in 1508 his eldest son, Sangrama, succeeded him without opposition.