The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c29.s2.71

v3.c29.s2.71

Hamīra's defiance of 'Alā-ud-dīn Muhammad by harbouring the leaders of the mutiny which had broken out in Ulugh Khān's army at Jālor, as it was returning from the conquest of Gujarāt, cost him his kingdom and his life³. Ulugh Khān followed the fugitives into the territory of Ranthambhor and defeated the Rājputs under two officers named Bhīm and Dharma Singh, but was unable to undertake the siege of the fortress, and retired to Delhi. Hamīra emasculated Dharma Singh, and he and his brother fled to Delhi and besought 'Alā-ud-dīn to avenge this outrage. Ulugh Khān and Nusrat Khān were sent to open the siege of Ranthambhor, and, having first captured Jhāīn, encamped before the fortress, but were unfortunate. Nusrat Khān was killed and Ulugh Khān was defeated and driven back to Jhāīn. ‘Alā-ud-dīn then marched from Delhi to conduct the siege in person, and after some delay arrived before Ranthambhor. The siege was protracted for some months, and Ranamalla, or Ranmal, Hamīra’s minister, and some of the principal officers of the garrison deserted to the Muslims. The assault was delivered on July 10, 1301, and according to the Hindu version of the affair both Hamīra and Mīr Muhammad Shāh, the leader of the mutineers who had found an asylum at Ranthambhor, performed the rite of *jauhar* and were slain. The queen, Rangadevī, immolated herself, and Hamīra’s brother Virama and the heroes Jajar, Gangādhar Tak, and Kshetra Singh Pawār shared their master’s fate. The traitor Ranamalla and his companions were put to death by ‘Alā-ud-dīn. Thus ended Chauhān rule in Hindūstān. The Raja of Nimrāna, in the north of the Alwar State, claims descent from Prithvī Rāj.