History of the Khaljis, A.D. 1290–1320 c9.s1.18

c9.s1.18

There is some discrepancy in the accounts of historians about the fate of Ratan Singh. Amir Khusrau says that life of the Rānā was spared by the sultan, and is corroborated by 'Isāmī.¹³ But this does not seem probable. When 'Alāuddīn could order a wholesale slaughter of 30,000 Hindus in a single day he would surely not have spared the life of the Hindu King, were he one of the survivors after the heroic defence. According to Nainsi Ratan Singh died fighting sultan 'Alāuddīn.¹⁴ Tod also writes that the ruling prince (whose name he incorrectly puts as Bhimsi) was killed on the field of battle.¹⁵ It is doubtful that the Rānā outlived the capitulation of Chittor as nothing is known about his later life.