02-14-2006, 11:17 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Gurudas Saini â Samvat 1347 (1290 CE)<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Gurudas Saini is also mentioned in Muslim accounts of that time apprently, from an old article:
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Then they attacked the city of Jhain, when Rana Hammira reacted and sent his successful commander, called "Gurdan Saini" (by the Moslems). He proceeded with a force of elite Rajput force mainly of infantry fighters to aid the governor of Jhain to parry the Moslem assault. While the Rajputs had a good fighting force the main problem in this conflict was the reliance on infantry against an entirely horse borne Turkish force. They formed a formation and waited for the cavalry charge but the Turks first only kept shooting poisoned and fire-tipped arrows by rapidly moving. This made the Hindu long bow archer, despite his far great bow-draw fairly useless. Qutlugh Tegin then made a sudden charge at the Rajput center and slew Saini after a pitched battle. The Hindus shaken by fall of their commander fell into disarray, as the governer of Jhain fled to the Ranthambhor fort, and were defeated by the Moslems.
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Gurudas Saini is also mentioned in Muslim accounts of that time apprently, from an old article:
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Then they attacked the city of Jhain, when Rana Hammira reacted and sent his successful commander, called "Gurdan Saini" (by the Moslems). He proceeded with a force of elite Rajput force mainly of infantry fighters to aid the governor of Jhain to parry the Moslem assault. While the Rajputs had a good fighting force the main problem in this conflict was the reliance on infantry against an entirely horse borne Turkish force. They formed a formation and waited for the cavalry charge but the Turks first only kept shooting poisoned and fire-tipped arrows by rapidly moving. This made the Hindu long bow archer, despite his far great bow-draw fairly useless. Qutlugh Tegin then made a sudden charge at the Rajput center and slew Saini after a pitched battle. The Hindus shaken by fall of their commander fell into disarray, as the governer of Jhain fled to the Ranthambhor fort, and were defeated by the Moslems.
http://manollasa.blogspot.com/2004_06_01_m...sa_archive.html<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->