In 1529,
Badur Marched With 70,000 Horse And 200,000 Foot Into The Dominions Of
Nizam-Al-Mulk, Where He Did Much Damage.
In the same year Baber padishah
of the Moguls of Delhi, marched with an army for the reduction of
Guzerat; but met with so much loss in a battle with the king of
Cheitore in Agimere that he was forced to retire to Delhi.
[Footnote 196: The story in the text is difficultly intelligible. I am
apt to believe that the great army belonged to Baber, the Great Mogul,
designed for the reduction of Guzerat, but turned aside for the recovery
of Dowlatabad in the Deccan, and that the shower of stones of the text
is to be understood of hail. - E.]
[Footnote 197: Who these were does not appear. - E.]
Badur invaded the kingdom of Mandou[198], and killed the king by
treachery. He then imprisoned all the kings sons, and distributed the
wives and daughters of the deceased king among his officers.
Salahedin, one of the principal officers of that kingdom fled to
Raosinga, a place almost impregnable by nature and art, but was
inveigled into the power of Badur and forced to turn Mahometan. Badur
then besieged the mountain fort of Raosinga, and commanded the women
belonging to Salahedin to come out; but they sent word that they would
not do so unless along with Salahedin, who was accordingly sent into the
fort for that purpose. His women, about 500 in number, exclaimed against
his becoming a Mahometan, saying they would rather be all burnt alive
than delivered to the enemy.
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