Note 71 — PART I.—DESCRIPTION.

The Emperor Humáyún, a.d. 1534–1535.Mándu remained under Gujarát, till in a.d. 1534, after Bahádur’s defeat by Humáyún at Mandasor, Bahádur retired to Mándu. Humáyún followed. At night 200 of Humáyún’s soldiers went to the back of the fortress, according to Farishtah the south-west height of Songad71 by which Bahádur had surprised Mehmúd’s garrison, scaled the walls by ladders and ropes, opened the gate, and let others in. Mallu Khán, the commandant of the batteries, a native of Málwa, who afterwards gained the title of Kádir Sháh, went to Bahádur and wakened him. Bahádur rushed out with four or five attendants. He was joined by about twenty more, and reaching the gate at the top of the maidán, apparently the Tárápúr gate by which Humáyún’s men had entered, cut through 200 of Humáyún’s troops and went off with Mallu Khán to the fort of Songad, Appendix II. The Hill Fort of Mándu. History The Málwa Sultáns, a.d. 1400–1570. the citadel of Mándu. While two of Bahádur’s chiefs, Sadr Khán and Sultán Álam Lodi, threw themselves into Songad, Bahádur himself let his horses down the cliff by ropes and after a thousand difficulties made his way to Chámpánír.72 On the day after Bahádur’s escape Sadr Khán and Sultán Álam Lodi came out of Songad and surrendered to Humáyún.73