Rohankhed
This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS. |
Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.
Rohankhed
Village in the Malkapur taluk of Buldana District, Berar, situated in 20 37' N. and 76 n' E., immediately below the Balaghat plateau Population (1901), 2,130 The village has been the scene of two battles. In 1437 Naslr Khan, Sultan of Khandesh, invaded Berar to avenge the ill-treatment of his daughter by Ala-ud-din Bahmani, to whom she had been married. Khalaf Hasan Basn, governor of Daulatabad, who had been sent against the invader, fell upon Naslr Khan at Rohankhed, routed him, and pursued him to his capital, Burhanpur, which he sacked. In 1590 Burhan, a prince of the Ahmadnagar dynasty, who had taken refuge in the Mughal empire, invaded Berar in company with Raja All Khan, vassal ruler of Khan- desh, to establish his claim to the kingdom of Ahmadnagar against his son Ismail, who had been elevated to the throne by a faction headed by Jamal Khan The invaders met the forces of Jamal Khan at Rohankhed and utterly defeated them, Jamal Khan being slain and the young Ismail captured. At Rohankhed there is a small but hand- some mosque, built in 1582 by Khudawand Khan the MahdavT, a follower of Jamal Khan This Khudawand Khan is not to be con- fused with Khudawand Khan the Habshi, who was governor of Mahur a century earlier.
