Seige of Ajmer: Difference between revisions

{{Short description|Conquest of Ajmer by Malwa}}

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The '''Conquest of Ajmer''' <ref name=":1">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books/about/Islam_in_India.html?id=OUQwAAAAYAAJ#conquest%20of%20ajmer%20by%20mahmud%20khalji |title=Islam in India |date=1989 |publisher=Vikas Publishing House |pages=8 |language=en}}</ref> was a military expedition launched by the Sultan [[Mahmud Khalji]] of [[Malwa]] aimed to conquer and subdue the region of [[Mewar]], which was under the control of the [[Mewar]] kingdom.This military expedition was undertaken against [[Mewar]] with the intention of seeking revenge from [[Rana Kumbha]] of [[Mewar]]. It was a major military conquest carried out during the reign of [[Mahmud Khalji]] with the goal of expanding territorial control.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Day |first=Upendra Nath |url=https://books.google.com/books/about/Medieval_Malwa.html?id=XDl7fFVQURQC#history%20of%20malwa%20by%20upendra |title=Medieval Malwa: A Political and Cultural History, 1401-1562 |date=1965 |publisher=Munshi Ram Manohar Lal |isbn=978-81-215-0401-0 |language=en}}"The reason for this inactivity of Rana Kumbha in these directions indicates that he had saved Mandalgarh, but he certainly had not inflicted a severe defeat on Mahmud and, therefore, did not dare venture an expedition either in Harautı or towards Ajmer."</ref><ref name=":1" /> Although Mahmud was victories in this campaign, he was not able to hold Ajmer for a longer period of time. As it was later reconquered by Rana Kumbha.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last=Somani |first=Ram Vallabh |url=https://archive.org/details/dli.ministry.14106/page/n144/mode/1up |title=History of Mewar from Earliest time to 1751 Ad |date=1976 |publisher=Mateshwari Publications |year=1976 |publication-date=1976 |pages=Page no- 133 "He appointed Saif Khan ‘as the Governor of Ajmer and also got constructed a mosque there, However, Maharana Kumbha managed to recapture it after a couple of days"}}</ref>

==Background==

[[Mahmud Khalji]], a prominent ruler of the [[Malwa Sultanate]], undertook several invasions of the [[Kingdom of Mewar]], including the [[Battle of Mandalgarh and Banas]], as well as the [[Capture of Gagron (1444)]]. While some of these military campaigns proved inconclusive, others resulted in victories for him, though he also faced reverses in certain engagements.