Rana Sanga - Conquest of Malwa

Conquest of Malwa

Once he brought whole of Rajasthan under his control, he made his move on Malwa – Malwa ruled by Mehmod Khilji was torn by dissensions – Mehmod was wary of overgrown power of his Rajput wazir Medini Rai and his followers and so Mehmod who lacked personal strength to deal with Medini Rai asked for help from Ibrahim Lodi of Delhi and Bahadur Shah of Gujarat. Medini Rai on his part requested Rana Sanga to come to his aid.

This was the beginning of prolonged war between Mewar and allies on one hand and Muslim sultans of North India on other hand. Rana Sanga’s troops joined by Rajput rebels of Malwa beat back invading armies from Delhi and defeated the opposing army of Malwa in a series of hotly contested battles and even took Mehmod Khilji himself prisoner and he was freed after he left his sons as hostages in Chittor. Thus whole of Malwa thus fell into Rana’s sphere of influence.