Gurdan Saini

Rana Gurdan Saini-Rajput General (also known as Gurdas Saini) (Hindi: गुरदान सैनी) was a Rajput warrior and military general who fought and died heroically in the battle of Ranthambore between the Turk forces of Jalaludin Khilji and Rajput forces of Rana Hamir Dev in the 14th century CE. Sometimes the same person is also referred as Gurdas Saini by historians.

Gurdan Saini
OccupationRajput Military General

Gurdan Saini was the commander-in-chief of the Rajput army of Rana Hamir. He was regarded by his contemporary Turk historians as the most experienced Rajput warrior in the army of Rana Hamir. According to Amir Khusro , Khilji dynasty's royal poet-scholar , Gurdan Saini led victorious campaigns in Malwa and Gujrat for Rana Hamir. Gurdan Saini also led the Rajput forces in the battle of Ranthambore where he was slain while leading a charge against the Turk army.

Noted historians Henry Miers Elliot and John Dowson in their work "The History of India, as Told by Its Own Historians. The Muhammadan Period" citing Miftah al-Futuh , a work by Amir Khusro, provide the following account of this distinguished Saini general in the Rajput army of Rana Hamir Dev Chauhan:

A Highly Regarded Rajput General

"Saini was a great general and had led several expeditions into the country of Malwa

-History of the Khaljis, A.D. 1290-1320: A. D. 1290-1320, pp 28 Kishori Saran Lal, Published by Asia Publishing House, 1967

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Career

According to Kishori Lal, "Saini was a great rajput general and had led several expeditions into the country of Malwa and Gujarat."[3] He was killed in battle. The historians Henry Miers Elliot and John Dowson cite Miftah al-Futuh, a work by Amir Khusro, who describes Gurdan Saini in the Rajput army of Rana Hamir:

The Rai was in affright, and sent for Gurdan Saini, who was the most experienced warrior amongst the 40,000 Rawats under the Rai, and had seen many fights among the Hindus. "Sometimes he had gone with the advance to Malwa; sometimes he had gone plundering in Gujarat." The Saini took 10,000 Rawats with him from Jhain, and advanced against the Turks, and, after a severe action, he was slain. Upon which the Hindus fled, and in the pursuit many were slain and many taken prisoners...[4]

References
  1. Sharma, Dasharatha (1975). Early Chauhān dynasties : a study of Chauhān political history, Chauhān political institutions, and life in the Chauhān dominions, from 800 to 1316 A.D. (2nd ed.). Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass. p. 125. ISBN 9780842606189.
  2. http://www.sainionline.com/personalities/rana-gurdan-saini
  3. Lal, Kishori Saran (1967). History of the Khaljis, A.D. 1290-1320. Asia Publishing House. p. 28.
  4. Elliot, Henry Miers; Dowson, John (1871). The History of India, as Told by Its Own Historians. The Muhammadan Period. Trübner and Co. p. 541.

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