Battle of Dewair (1582): Difference between revisions

Following the [[Battle of Haldighati]], Pratap lost half of his army and [[Mughals]] captured [[Kumbhalgarh]] , [[Gogunda]] , [[Udaipur]] & Chappan. In such conditions, Pratap changed his strategy from open to guerrilla warfare and did not allow [[Mughals]] to settle and retake his lost territories. To suppress Pratap, [[Akbar]] himself arrived at [[Mewar]] in September 1576 for hunting expeditions in forests during which he [[Siege of Udaipur (1576)|occupied Udaipur]] and its southern region called 'Wagad' and established Mughal rule in these regions. Pratap alongside his family took shelter in dense hills at that time and manage to hide till May 1577 when Akbar returned to [[Fatehpur Sikri]]. Only the [[Kumbhalgarh Fort|fortress of Kumbhalgarh]] was yet unconquered thus Akbar send his general Shahbaz Khan to do so in the next year.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://persian.packhum.org/main?url=pf%3Ffile%3D00701020%26ct%3D0 |title=Collection of Oriental Works}}</ref>

*1577 : Shahbaz Khan  

Each of these invasions was able to occupy cities like Udaipur, Chawand, Gogunda, and Kumbhalagarh but were unsuccessful in capturing [[Maharana Pratap|Pratap]] as he was till that time became a master guerilla and each path of Aravali hills was now in his mind this allowing him to hide from Mughal troops each and every time till the Mughal's departure from Mewar.{{cn}} When Pratap was facing a shortage of funds, his minister [[Bhamashah]], whose family held the office for ages, placed at Pratap's disposal their accumulated wealth, which with other resources, is stated to have been equivalent to the maintenance of army for 12 years.{{cn|}} Thus name of [[Bhamashah]] got preserved as saviour of [[Mewar]]. With such help from [[Bhamashah]], Pratap was able to arrange his new army and planned a major attack on Dewair Fortress defended by a garrison of less than a thousand men.{{cn}}

Pratap attacked the Mughal garrison of Dewair which was commanded by Mughal officer Sultan Khan and defeated it.