Battle of Nagaur (1456)

               Battle of Nagaur(1456)

The battle of Nagaur was fought between Rajputs of Mewar led by Rana Kumbha and the Nagaur Sultanate(Gujarat Sultanate) in 1456.

           Background

# The ruler of Nagaur sultan Firuz(Firoz) Khan died around 1453-1454. He was originally a governor of the province of Nagaur , under the Delhi Sultanate. But later he thrown off his allegiance to Delhi and become independent.

# He was succeeded by his elder son Shams Khan . But his younger brother, Muja hid Khan , had an eye on the throne. Muja hid Khan defeated Shams Khan and deposed him.

# Shams Khan fled to Rana Kumbha of Mewar for shelter and sought the help against Muja hid Khan , who had occupied the throne. Rana Kumbha already had a future plan to capture Nagaur.

# Taking this as an opportunity of carrying them out Rana Kumbha agreed to place Shams Khan on the throne of Nagaur Sultanate , but on the condition that Shams Khan should accept Rana Kumbha's suppremacy by destroying part of the battlements of the fort of that place.

# Shams Khan accepted the conditions and Rana Kumbha started towards Nagaur .

                Battle 

# No sooner , however, had Rana Kumbha reached Kumbalgarh when he got the news that Shams Khan instead of demolishing, began to strengthen the fortification of Nagaur .

# This brought kumbha on the scene again with a large army . Shams Khan was driven out of Nagaur , which passed into Kumbha's possitio. The Maharana now demolished the fortification of Nagaur and thus carried out his long - cherished design.

                Upshot

# Shams Khan fled to Ahmedabad, taking with his daughter , whom he gave to sultan Qutb -ud-din Ahmad Saha II to wife . Rana Kumbha allowed the army to approach Nagaur , inflicted a crushing defeat on the Gujarat Sultanate army , annihilating it.

# Rana Kumbha took away the treasury of Shams Khan a large store of precious stones, jewels and other valuable things . He also carried away the gates of the fort and an image of Hanuman from Nagaur , which he placed at the principal gate of the fortress of Kumbalgarh, calling it the Hanuman pol.

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