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SIDDHANT AGNIHOTRI
B.Sc (Silver Medalist)
M.Sc (Applied Physics)
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BACKROUND
BACKROUND
BACKROUND
BACKGROUND
• The Mewar region in north-western India was ruled by the Guhila
dynasty, whose seat was located at the Chittor Fort (Chittorgarh).
• His army then surrounded the fort from all the sides. Alauddin
stationed himself at Chitori hillock located to the north of the fort.
• The siege went on for nearly 8 months, which suggests that the
defenders put up a strong resistance. Amir Khusrau, who
accompanied Alauddin to Chittor, Khusrau implies that the
frontal attacks by the invaders failed twice.
SIEGE
• He states that during the two months of the rainy season, the
defenders managed to reach the "waist" of the hill, but could not
advance further.
• The Jain writer Kakka Suri(1336) states that Alauddin took away
his wealth, and "made him move like a monkey from one city to
another".
• Alauddin assigned Chittor to his son Khizr Khan (or Khidr Khan), who was
7 or 8 years old at the time. The Chittor fort was renamed "Khizrabad"
after the prince.
• Alauddin stayed at Chittor for 7 more days, and then left for Delhi,
probably after learning about the Mongol invasion. As Khizr Khan
was only a child, the actual administration was handed over to a
slave named Malik Shahin, who held the office of naib-i barbek, and
whom Alauddin called his son.
• Later, Alauddin seems to have decided that it was best to govern Chittor
indirectly through a Hindu ruler. He transferred the governance of Chittor
from Khizr Khan to the Chahamana chief Maladeva (Maldeo).
AFTERMATH
• After the death of Maladeva around 1321, the fort came under
the control of Hammir Singh, a ruler of the Sisodia branch of
the Guhilas.
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