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{{Infobox military conflict
|conflict= Battle of Nagaur
|part of= Mewar-Nagaur Sultanate wars
|image=
|caption=
|date=1455
|place=Nagaur, India
|result=Rajput victory, Nagaur Sultanate ceases to exist
|territory= [[Nagaur]], [[Khandela]] and [[Sambhar Lake Town|Sambhar]] annexed by [[Mewar]]. <ref>Medieval India: From Sultanat to the Mughals-Delhi Sultanat (1206-1526) by Satish Chandra pg.223 — Kumbha annexed Sambhar, Nagaur, Ajmer, Ranthambore etc.</ref>
|combatant1=[[File:Mewar.svg|25px]][[Mewar]]
|combatant2=
|combatant3= Nagaur Sultanate<br/>[[Gujarat Sultanate]]
|commander1= [[Rana Kumbha]]
|commander2=
|commander3= Shams Khan<br/> Sultan Qutb-ud-din [[Ahmad Shah II]]<br/>Mujahid Khan
|strength1=
|strength2=
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}}

The '''Battle of [[Nagaur]]''' was fought between the [[Rajput]]s of [[Mewar]] and the [[Nagaur]] Sultanate. It started within Nagaur as a feud between two brothers, Mujahid Khan and Shams Khan. Shams Khan was defeated and took aid from [[Rana Kumbha]] the ruler of [[Mewar]]. Shams Khan was able to take Nagaur from his brother with the help of the Rana, but he refused to fulfill his promise to demolish a part of the battlements of the fort. This resulted in another war in which Rana Kumbha won and annexed Nagaur.

==Background==
Feroz Khan, Sultan of Nagaur died in 1455.<ref name=ferishta40>Briggs's Ferishta, vol IV, p. 40</ref> He belonged to the family of Kings of [[Gujarat Sultanate]], and was originally a governor of the province of Nagaur, under the [[Delhi Sultanate]]. He had however thrown off his allegiance to [[Delhi]] and become independent. On his death, his elder son, Shams Khan, succeeded him, but his younger son, Mujahid Khan, deposed him and prepared to take his life. Shams Khan fled to Rana Kumbha for shelter and help.<ref>Bayley, 1970, p. 148</ref> Kumbha who had long had designs on Nagaur, gladly embraced this opportunity of carrying them out, and agreed to place Shams Khan on the throne of [[Nagaur]] on the condition that he acknowledged Kumbha's supremacy by demolishing a part of the battlements of the fort of that place.<ref name=ferishta40 /> Shams Khan accepted the terms.<ref name=ferishta41>Briggs's Ferishta, vol IV, p. 41</ref><ref>Sarda, 1917, p. 53</ref>

==Battle==
Rana Kumbha marched with a large army to Nagaur, defeated Mujahid, who fled towards Gujarat, and placed Shams Khan on the throne of Nagaur, and demanded of him the fulfillment of the condition. But Shams Khan humbly prayed to the Maharana to spare the fort, for otherwise his nobles would kill him after the Maharana was gone. He promised to demolish the battlements himself later on. The Maharana granted this prayer and returned to Mewar.

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 possession. The Maharana now demolished the fortification of Nagaur and thus carried out his long-cherished design.<ref>Sarda, 1917, p. 54</ref>

==Battle with Qutb-ud-din==
Shams Khan fled to [[Ahmedabad]], taking with him his daughter, whom he married to Sultan Qutb-ud-din [[Ahmad Shah II]].<ref name=bayleyferishta> Bayley, 1970, p. 149 & Briggs's Ferishta, vol IV, p. 41</ref> The Sultan thereupon espoused his cause and sent a large army under Rai Ram Chandra and Malik Gadday to take back Nagaur.<ref name=bayleyferishta /><ref>''Bombay Gazetteer'', vol 1, p. 242</ref> [[Rana Kumbha]] allowed the army to approach Nagaur, when he came out, and after a severe engagement, inflicted a crushing defeat on the Gujarat Sultanate army, annihilating it. Only remnants of it reached [[Ahmedabad]], to carry the news of the disaster to the Sultan.<ref name=ferishta41 /><ref>Sarda, 1917, p. 56</ref>

==Aftermath==
[[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.<ref>Sarda, 1917, p. 55</ref>

==References==
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==Sources==
* {{cite book|last=Bayley|first=Sir Edward Clive|title=Gujarat|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VxCXtgAACAAJ|year=1970|publisher=Chand}}
* Brigg, Col., translation of Ferishta's history of the Mahometan dynasties, 3 vol.
* {{cite book|last=Sarda|first=Har Bilas|title=Maharana Kumbha: Sovereign, Soldier, Scholar|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bt5GAAAAIAAJ|year=1917|publisher=Scottish Mission Industries Company}}

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[[Category:Battles involving the Rajputs|Nagaur]]

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