The Sultanate of Delhi, 711–1526 A.D. c22.s3.t3: Defeat at the hands of Rana Sanga
The Sultanate of Delhi, 711–1526 A.D. c22.s3.t3
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Defeat at the hands of Rana Sanga
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Anxious to push his father’s policy of aggressive conquest to its logical conclusion, Ibrahim undertook an expedition against Mewar, then the most notable State in Rajasthan. Its ruler was the valiant Rana Sangram Singh, popularly known as Sanga, without whose subjugation the Sultan could not hope to establish his supremacy in central Hindustan. So he despatched a powerful army under the command of Mian Makhan with whom were associated such well known Afghan officers as Husain Khan Zarbakhsh, Mian Khan-i-Khana Qarmali and Mian Maruf. The army of invasion numbered thirty thousand horse and three hundred elephants. But it suffered from dissension and disaffection among its chief officers. As it reached the frontier of Mewar, it was encountered and defeated by the Rana with great slaughter near Bakarol in the present Asind district of Mewar. Mian Makhan and his men fled in panic. But they were attacked by the Rajputs near Ghatoli (on the border of Bundi) and a considerable number of them was annihilated.²
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² Babur mentions the defeat of Ibrahim in his Memoirs.
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INDIA IN 1526 A.D. Ibrahim Lodi.
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