THE BATTLE OF DHROL Jasoji in vain tried to stop him. The armies then closed and a fight ensued in which Jasoji was mortally wounded. Before he died he said that Sahebji Jadeja, brother of the Rao of Kachh, would avenge his death. This message was taken by a charan to Kachh, and on hearing of the duty imposed upon him, Sahebji made all haste to depart, being aided by his brother the Rao, who was anxious to get him away from Kachh. Sahebji crossed the Rann, and a fierce engagement took place near Malia, where the Jadeja was killed and Raisinhji left for dead on the battlefield. The Jhala Chief recovered, however, and as soon as he was strong enough to undertake the journey he went to Delhi. Meanwhile Khan Khanan had been ordered to march against Sultan Muzafar Khan of Gujarat, and Raisinhji met him on the way, and laid his case before him, pointing out that he had been left for dead and would not be recognized if he returned to Jhalawad, The General, however, advised returning and declaring himself, which advice was followed with complete success, only marred, however, by all his wives but one refusing to return to him, saying they regarded him as dead. Events in Gujarat, the state of which country had been going from bad to worse, now took a decided course. Mahomed Khan III died in A.D. 1554, whereupon the nobles elected a youth named Ahmad Khan, a descendant of Ahmad Shah I, to sit upon the throne with the title of Ahmad Shah II. On account of the new Sultan's minority a certain Itimad Khan was appointed Regent. This man, after passing through various vicissitudes, finally caused Ahmad Shah to be assassinated in A.D. 1560, and by means of his influence another minor was pro- claimed Sultan as Muzafar Shah III. The very unsatis- factory state of affairs quickly became worse. Itimad Khan quarrelled with all the nobles, who defeated him in a battle near Ahmadabad in A.D. 1571, with the imme- 103