Draft:Battle of Ajmer

The Ghurid defeated and killed Prithviraja III, and appointed his son, Govindaraja IV as a vassal ruler of the Chahamana kingdom.{{Cite book |last=Pandey |first=Awadh Bihari |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0WaKsscj0q8C&q=son+ajmer+vassal+govind |title=Early Medieval India |date=1970 |publisher=Central Book Depot |pages=29 |language=en}} Meanwhile his uncle Hariraja, drove his nephew and proclaimed himself the ruler of Chahamana.{{Cite book |last=Mehta |first=Jaswant Lal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iUk5k5AN54sC&dq=hari+raja+nephew+independent+ajmer&pg=PA80 |title=Advanced Study in the History of Medieval India |date=1979 |publisher=Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd |isbn=978-81-207-0617-0 |pages=80 |language=en}}

After this event, Hariraja sent an army under the command of jaitra or Jhat rai to attack Qutb ud-Din Aibak in Delhi.{{Cite book |last=Ed. R. C. Majumdar |url=http://archive.org/details/hcip-5-struggle-for-empire-ed.-r.-c.-majumdar |title=History and Culture of Indian People - 5 Struggle For Empire (Ed. R. C. Majumdar) |pages=120}} Qutb ud-Din Aibak proceeded to meet them but in the mid way, jaitra's heart felt and got afraid that he would overtaken by Ayebak, then he retreated to the fort of Ajmer where Hariraja was residing.{{Cite book |url=http://archive.org/details/thesultanateofdelhibylalsrivastava |title=THE SULTANATE OF DELHI BY LAL SRIVASTAVA |pages=79 |language=English}}{{Cite book |last=Ed. R. C. Majumdar |url=http://archive.org/details/hcip-5-struggle-for-empire-ed.-r.-c.-majumdar |title=History and Culture of Indian People - 5 Struggle For Empire (Ed. R. C. Majumdar) |pages=120}}{{Cite book |last1=Rapson |first1=Edward James |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mVlEAAAAIAAJ&q=Cambridge+history+of+india+turk+afghan |title=The Cambridge History of India: Turks and Afghans, edited by W. Haig |last2=Haig |first2=Sir Wolseley |last3=Burn |first3=Sir Richard |last4=Dodwell |first4=Henry |date=1958 |publisher=The University Press |pages=43 |language=en}} Ayebak pursued jaitra Or Jhat rai, Hariraja joined him and advanced to meet ayebak, but was defeated and ayebak took control of Ajmer.{{Cite book |last=Arshad |first=Mohammad |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Zbc9AAAAMAAJ&q=ajmer+hari+raja+1194 |title=An Advanced History of Muslim Rule in Indo-Pakistan |date=1967 |publisher=Ideal Publications |pages=51 |language=en}}{{Cite book |last1=Rapson |first1=Edward James |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mVlEAAAAIAAJ&q=Cambridge+history+of+india+turk+afghan |title=The Cambridge History of India: Turks and Afghans, edited by W. Haig |last2=Haig |first2=Sir Wolseley |last3=Burn |first3=Sir Richard |last4=Dodwell |first4=Henry |date=1958 |publisher=The University Press |pages=43 |language=en}}{{Cite book |url=http://archive.org/details/thesultanateofdelhibylalsrivastava |title=THE SULTANATE OF DELHI BY LAL SRIVASTAVA |pages=79 |language=English}} According to Firishta, Hariraja and jaitra were killed in the battle. but According to Taj-ul Ma'asir, jaitra burned himself to death. Hammira Mahakavya also quoted the same thing that jaitra burned himself and Hariraja also burned himself with his family after come to know that further conflict with the Muslims is fruitless.{{Cite book |last=Sharma |first=Dasharatha |url=http://archive.org/details/early-chauhan-dynasties |title=Early Chauhan Dynasties |date=1975 |pages=116}}{{Cite book |last=Mehta |first=Jaswant Lal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iUk5k5AN54sC&dq=hari+raja+nephew+independent+ajmer&pg=PA80 |title=Advanced Study in the History of Medieval India |date=1979 |publisher=Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd |isbn=978-81-207-0617-0 |pages=80 |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Srivastava |first=Ashok Kumar |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZK45AQAAIAAJ&q=jaitra+burned+flame+hari |title=The Life and Times of Kutb-ud-din Aibak |date=1972 |publisher=Govind Satish Prakashan |pages=103 |language=en}}

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