History of the Qaraunah Turks in India c7.27

c7.27

A.D.) states that Hammīr defeated a Muhammadan army. The fact that a Dihli army marched into Mewar after Tughluq Shah’s death is established, but it does not seem to have been accompanied by the Sultan himself, for he was much too busy with the preliminary settlement of his empire and the plans of conquest in the Deccan. The details furnished by Rajput chronicles may be right or wrong, for they are uncorroborated, but this much is certain that the imperial authority received a set back. Hammīr embarked upon a career of ceaseless conquests. The local annals relate that the princes of Marwar, Jaipur, Bundi, Gwalior, Chanderi, Raisin, Sikri, Kalpi and Abu with a number of lesser states paid homage to Hammir and recognised him as the paramount Prince in Rajputana.¹³ This is undoubtedly an exaggeration, and the over-lordship of Hammīr amounted to nothing more than a mere recognition of the premier position of Mewar among Rajput states. The difficulties and troubles of the Sultan of Dihli favoured the rise of Mewar. Hammīr enlarged his territories by making fresh conquests in Nagor and Surashtra and increased the prosperity of his country by raising works of public utility and grimly set himself to the task of removing every vestige of Muhammadan conquest. Rajputana was henceforward practically cut off from the Dihli empire and for several generations the Hindu princes, secure in their fortresses, were left free to pursue their own schemes of aggrandisement without any interference from Dihli.