The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c29.s2.99

v3.c29.s2.99

Rāningdeo’s two surviving sons, Tana and Mera, accepted Islam, as so many other Bhātīs had done, and thus obtained from Khizr Khān, then governor of Multān, a force with which to attack their enemy, but Kilan, son of the Rāwal of Jaisalmer, who joined them, ensured their success by guile. Professing a desire to end the feud, he offered a daughter in marriage to Chonda, but when the Rāthor came forth to receive his expected bride his suspicions were aroused by the appearance of the *cortège*, which consisted of an unusually large number of armed men, and he turned back towards Nāgaur. His enemies pursued him, and slew him at the gate of the town, ‘and friend and foe entering the city together a scene of general plunder commenced.’