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He begged Roopmati to accompany him to his capital, Mandu and Roopmati agreed to go on one
condition that she would live in a palace within the sight of her beloved river Narmada. Thus was
built the Rewa Kund at Mandu. Unfortunately, the romance between the sultan and the
shepherdess couldn’t last forever as the great Mughal Akbar decided to invade Mandu and sent
Adham Khan to capture Mandu. Baz Bahadur with his small army lost the battle to the great Mughal
army and thus, Mandu was captivated. Adham Khan fell for the beautiful Rani Roopmati and to
avoid capture, Roopmati poisoned herself. Thus, this magical love story that inspired poetry and
folklore came to a tragic end. Call it fact or fiction, the legend lived on!