Twilight of the Sultanate c8.s4.29

c8.s4.29

The princes of Marwar and Amber paid him homage, chiefs of Būndī, Gāgraun, Rampura and Abu served him as tributaries, and the rulers of Gwalior, Ajmer, Sikri, Raisēn, Katehar and Chanderi held him in the highest esteem. He fought successfully against Delhi, Malwa and Gujarat. Eighteen pitched battles did he gain against Delhi and Malwa alone. He bore the scars of eighty wounds on his body in addition to having an eye blinded and a leg maimed. Shaikh Zain afterwards wrote thus about him: "There was not a single ruler... in Delhi, Gujarat and Mandu, who was able to make head against him. The banner of the infidel flaunted over two hundred cities inhabited by the people of the faith". According to *Mahārānā Yash Prakasa* of Bhūr Singh, Rana Sāngā had "chained the feet" of three Sultans. Ibrāhīm Lodī could not advance from the east nor Muzaffar Shāh from the west, and Mahmūd Shāh of Malwa could not move from the south.¹⁰⁹ He even hoped to establish Rajput sway over the whole of Hindustan at the break-up of the Delhi Sultanate.