208 B Bandyopidhyaéya—Hamir Risa, [No. 3, 
I will disperse them as flakes of cotton in the air, and this I resolve to do 
very soon. If it please God to determine otherwise, I am sure to cause 
wholesale massacre in the second battle.”’ 
Hamir’s letter to Ald-uddin.—* Emperor, arm yourself with two bows 
and ten arrows. War is to be waged between you and me, Why close'the 
roads to travellers? Do not molest them. When you have come to 
Ranthambor, you will very shortly see how strong are our forces in an 
open battle-field.”’ 
Ald-uddin’s reply.—* Do not think me, Hindi, a common person: I 
am one inspired from heaven, and gifted with the sovereignty of Dehli. The 
ways of the Hinds and those of the Musalmans are different, and it is 
my avowed object to make them follow one—the only way of truth. Four 
devils and eighty-four saints are at my service, waiting only for my sover- 
eign command. You have given refuge to Muhammad Shah, and do you 
venture to hope for life P Yet consider. What profit do you hope to get by 
keeping a culprit with you? Know that the issue of your stubbornness 
will be the destruction of lacs and millions of men. Then why not leave one, 
if your leaving him would make the aspect of things look bright ?” 
Hamir’ s letter.—“ O Emperor, you have never heard of the virtues of the 
Kshatriyas. As you are a saint of Mecca, so am Ia hero of heaven. Be- 
tween you and me there is no resemblance, and this I have told you often. 
I will never break my promise, which I have resolved to keep after a care- 
ful consideration of all circumstances. I will never violate it. Our fort 
was founded by Siva for the defence of the oppressed and the glorification 
of truth and R&jptit power. Why care for your body which is frail and 
transient at best ? Where lies the use of living an inglorious life? The 
anchorets never give up spiritual meditation and abstraction of their minds 
for things worldly and, therefore, corrupt. The Rajpits never give up 
their hereditary virtues. I will never return you the exile Muhammad 
Shab, until my head be severed from my body. The Chohans and the 
Mubammadans have been and are often at war with one another. Prithvi- 
r4j slew the saints Miran and Kwaja with their 180,000 men. The great 
Ajaipal had paramount power. Bisaldev brought many a monarch to his 
feet. Biramdev Sangréné made a great havoc among the Muhammadan 
ranks at Jhalwargarh ; he never consented to give his handsome daughter in 
marriage with an emperor and thus preserved, in spite of great difficulties and 
temptations, the honour of his house inviolate. Prithviraj drove away 
Muhammad Ghori seven times to the mountains of Ghor, after having 
subjected him to the ignominy of wearing women’s bracelets (chwris) 
on his arms. When the latter again attacked Dehli, the brave Chohén 
died exulting on the field. You, weak in intellect, do you think that 
