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INTRODUCTION
There is a reference in the Kumbhalgaḍha pragasti to the effect that Kshetrasingh made kings 'Sadala and others' (ref:) abandon their cities. M.M. Ojhaji is not sure as to who this king Sadala was; but guesses that he might have been the King Satala of Toda who was a contemporary. But the reference in Kumbhalgadha-prasasti is to a number of kings begining with Sadala.' This reference may very well apply to 'Amiran-e-Sadah' the foreign nobles whose revolts in Gujarat were suppressed by Sultan Muhammad Tughlak personally. This term was applied to these leaders of mercenary troops by Persian historians who called them Yuzbashis also. They were something like chiefs in such cities as Baroda, Dabboi, etc. having sway over the whole districts. We think that the reference to 'Sadaladika Nrp'ah, being made to abandon their cities is to these 'Amiran-i-Sadah' a term which has been rendered in English as 'Amirs of hundred' or 'centurions'.2
If this view is correct, it would show that Kshetrasingh must have had many occasions of fighting with Gujarat. The reference in the inscription of the Chitod Kirtistambha calling Sri Ranamalla 'Gurjaramandales'vara', as also the one in the inscription at Kumbhal gadha saying that Ragamalla blunted or weakened Dafar Khan (Zafar Khan) the lord of Pattana (Anahi lwar Patan) (यं षा (खा) नः पत्तनेशो दफर इति समासाद्य कुण्ठीबभूव । ) point to the same facts
Rāṇā Mokal (A.D. 1420-1433) according to Shringirishi inscription of A.D. 1428, defeated Padshah Ahmed--the Sultan of Gujarat (A.D. 1411-1442, the founder of Ahmedabad)-irresistible in battle and made him run for his life ( पात्साहो ददुःसहोऽपिसमरे etc.) 4.
It was, however, Nagor (Nagaur) which particularly antagonized the Sultans of Gujarat to the Maharanas of Mewar. This place played a conspicuous part in the history of medieval India. It was held by Prithviraj Chauhan and after his defeat had passed into the hands of Mahmodan rulers. But Chonda Rathod had conquered and added
1. See History of Rajputana, Vol. II. pp. 567-68.
2. See Commissariat's History of Gujarat, Vol. I, pp. 30-31.
3. History of Rajputana, Vol. II. pp. 565-6. This Zafar Khan must be taken to be the Zafar Khan of Sonargaon-the governor of Gujarat (A.D. 1363-72).
4. Maharana Kumbha (p. 27 and p 205.). Sir Wolsely Haig, however, says "Mokal's reign was not distinguished by any feats of arms. The bards attribute to him a victory over the king of Delhi, but no such contemporary king of Delhi was in a position to attack the Rana of Chitor, and if there is any foundation for the bard's story Mokal must be suspected of refusing an asylum to Mahmud the last of the Tughluq dynasty, when he was fleeing from Delhi, after his defeat by Timur" (C.H.I. Vol III., pp. 527-98)
5. See I.G.I., Vol. XVIII, pp. 297-8. Nagor is a town in Rajasthan and a district, 75 miles north east from Jodhpur city (Comm. History of Gujarat Vol. I. p. 48).
