Who Fought with Sher Bulandkhan, an Iraani Invader.. inspite of having few warriors Rao Deshalji and Jadeja bhayats crushed down Iraani Army n invaders and they ran Like a mad dog..!!
JADEJA-MUGHAL WARS in the year 1729, 52nd mughal viceroy of Gujarat mubariz-ul-mulk Sher Buland khan bahadur dilawar jang with 50,000 troops marched on kutch, jadejas were caught unprepared because it's been seven years since last mughal-jadeja conflict happened and fort was not strengthen enough, nonetheless Jadejas gathered at bhuj to defend the capital,attack was made on the fort,on first day of the war two of bastion and on second a Garrison was captured by Mughals,
"Jadeja Ruler of kutchh with his vassals".
By:Robert Melville, Grindlay 1826
British Library.
Situation was dire,jadejas decided to do kesariya, Maharaja of kutch Yadukulsiromani maharao deshalji 1( देशला पर्मेश्वरा)choose 3000 of finest jadeja horsemen himself, binding round their brows orange turban of self sacrifise they readied themself for the final battle, counter attack was made on bastions and Garrison with jagirdar of roha killing their commander(nephew of Sher Buland khan)counter attack was successful and Mughals were made to flee,doors were opened and maharao dashed into enemy forces defences were broken and Mughals along with sarbulund khan started fleeing they made next stop at lakhona but supplies were cut off and wells were poisoned, their camp was repeatedly attack by kutch horsemen, SherBuland was lucky enough to escape,but great number of his troops were unable to cross the desert they were pursued and killed by jadeja riders.
Sherbuland wanted to divide jadejas he bought with him kanyoji jadeja of morbi as a heir to the throne but reaching bhuj he himself with his forces joined his jadeja brothers against Mughals, a jamat of naga sadhus who were going to hinglaj jatra also joined the war against mughals.
Miyanas of kutch loyal to their jadeja king also played their part in continuously raiding the Mughals in the desert and at lakhona as well, Fortification were strengthened at bhujia fort by him,towns of anjar, mundra and rapar was also fortified by him, to further solidify the defence army marched into parkar and post was created there sodhas were humbled by him and their raids were put to an end, a fort was built near dwarka named kutchigadh after punishing pirates who were harassing traders of mandvi, a fort was built in Rahim ki bazar Sindh by him sindhis/balochs were subdued from fort in rahim ki bazar, Seth devkaran who was his diwan also played a great part in the war as well as after the war-sarbulund was defeated on श्रावणसुद ६,१७८५- the sword of the commander who was killed by roha thakur saheb can be seen at roha jagir
The post at virvah and rahim ki bazar were of utmost military importance for jadejas and survival of state of Kutch, because of these posts jadejas were able to engage invading forces before they cross the Rann of kutch, Pakis are still quite bitter over it, As you can see above...
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