History of the Khaljis, A.D. 1290–1320 c10.s3.9

c10.s3.9

But the success of the Sultan in Rajputna was short lived. The Rajputs who had a country to love and an honour to maintain never gave way to 'Alāuddīn's governors. If the day was irrecoverably lost they well knew how to deliver themselves and their families from the insulting invader, and as soon as the deluge of the invasion had ebbed they reclaimed their territories. The result was that 'Alāūddin's hold over Rajputana was precarious. The occupation of Ranthambhor after Ulugh Khan left it not more than six months after its capture, is uncertain. Khizr Khan had to vacate Chittor in 'Alāūddīn's life time. Bardic literature enumerates continual struggles between the Muslims and the Rajputs. Obviously Rajputana had not completely submitted, and one or the other kingdom in that land of born warriors was always successfully defying the authority of the Sultanate of Delhi.