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List of battles involving the Ghurid dynasty

This is an incomplete list of battles fought by the Ghurids.

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( Color legend for the location of the battle )

Year Name Location Ghurid commander Opponent Victor
1011 Ghaznavid invasion of Ghur Ghur Muhammad ibn Suri Mahmud of Ghazni(Ghaznavids) Ghaznavids[1]
1107-1108 Seljuq invasion of Ghur Ghur Izz al-Din Husayn Ahmad Sanjar(Seljuq Empire) Seljuq Empire[2][3]
1148 1st Battle of Ghazni Ghazni Sayf al-Din Suri Bahram-Shah of Ghazna(Ghaznavids) Ghurids[4]
1149 Battle of Sang-i Surakh Near upper part of the Helmand River Sayf al-Din Suri Bahram-Shah of Ghazna(Ghaznavids) Ghaznavids
1151 2nd Battle of Ghazni Ghazni Ala al-Din Husayn Bahram-Shah of Ghazna(Ghaznavids) Ghurids[5]
1152 Battle of Nab Near Herat Ala al-Din Husayn
Ali Chatri 		Ahmad Sanjar(Seljuq Empire) Seljuq Empire[3]
1163 Battle of Ragh-i Zar Between Firuzkuh and Herat Ghiyas ad-Din Ghori
Muhammad of Ghor 		Fakhr al-Din Masud
Tadj al-Din Yildiz 		Ghiyas ad-Din Ghori becomes victorious and suppresses the revolt.[6]
1173 3rd Battle of Ghazni Ghazni Muhammad of Ghor Oghuz ruler of Ghazni Ghurids
1175 Battle of Multan Multan Muhammad of Ghor Khafif (Qarmatians)[7] Ghurids[8]
1175 Battle of Herat Herat Ghiyas ad-Din Ghori Baha al-Din Toghril(Seljuq Empire) Ghurids[6]
1176 Siege of Uch Uch Muhammad of Ghor Bhatis or Qarmatians Ghurids[9]
1178 Battle of Kasahrada North-east of Anhilwara Muhammad of Ghor Mularaja II (Chaulukya dynasty) Rajputs
1185 Siege of Sialkot Sialkot Husain Kharmil (Ghurid general) Khusrau Malik (Ghaznavids) Ghurids [10]
1186 Siege of Lahore (1186) Lahore Muhammad of Ghor Khusrau Malik(Ghaznavids) Ghurids[11]
1192 Battle of Merv Merv Ghiyas ad-Din Ghori
Muhammad of Ghor 		Sultan Shah of Khwarezm(Khwarazmians) Ghurids[12]
1191 First Battle of Tarain Near Thanesar Muhammad of Ghor Prithviraj Chauhan(Chauhan dynasty) Rajputs[13]
1192 Second Battle of Tarain Near Thanesar Muhammad of Ghor Prithviraj Chauhan(Chauhan dynasty) Ghurids[13]
1192 Battle of Bagar Bagar Qutb ud-Din Aibak Jatwan(subordinate of Prithviraj Chauhan) Ghurids[14]
1193/4 Battle of Chandawar Chandawar Muhammad of Ghor(Ghurid general) Jaichand of Kannauj(Gahadvala dynasty) Ghurids[15]
1197 Battle of Kasahrada (1197) Mount Abu Qutb al-Din Aibak Bhima II (Chaulukya dynasty) Ghurids
1197 Siege of Gwalior (1196) Gwalior Qutb al-Din Aibak
Bahauddin Tughril 		Sulakshanapala (Parihar Rajputs) Ghurids
1196 Siege of Bayana Bayana Muhammad of Ghor Kumarpala (Jadauns) Ghurids[16]
1200/1 Battle of Nishapur Nishapur Ghiyas ad-Din Ghori
Muhammad of Ghor 		Muhammad II of Khwarezm(Khwarazmians) Ghurids[17][18]
1203 Siege of Kalinjar Kalinjar Qutb-ud-din Aibak
Iltutmish 		Paramardi (Chandelas of Jejakabhukti) Ghurids
1203 Ghurid conquest of Bengal Nabadwip Bakhtiyar Khalji Lakshmana Sena (Sena Dynasty) Ghurids
1204 Battle of Andkhud Banks of the Oxus River Muhammad of Ghor Muhammad II of Khwarezm(Khwarazmians) Qara Khitai
1205 February–March Revolt of Khokars Between Lahore and Multan Muhammad of Ghor Khokars chiefs Ghurids[19]

References edit

  1. ^ Eliot and Dowson, The History of India, as Told by Its Own Historians, Vol.2, 286.
  2. ^ History of Civilizations of Central Asia, C.E. Bosworth, M.S. Asimov, p. 185.
  3. ^ a b Ghurids, C.E. Bosworth, Encyclopedia of Islam, Vol.2, ed. Bernard Lewis, C. Pellat and J. Schacht, (E.J.Brill, 1991), 1100.
  4. ^ C.E. Bosworth, The Later Ghaznavids, 113-114.
  5. ^ Jaques 2007, p. 392
  6. ^ a b The Iranian World, C.E. Bosworth, The Cambridge History of Iran, Vol. 5, ed. J. A. Boyle, John Andrew Boyle, (Cambridge University Press, 1968), 163.
  7. ^ Andre Wink (1991). Al-Hind the Making of the Indo-Islamic World: The Slave Kings and the Islamic Conquest : 11Th-13th Centuries. BRILL. p. 245. ISBN 9004102361.
  8. ^ Andre Wink, Al-Hind: The Making of the Indo-Islamic World, Vol. 2, 244.
  9. ^ Andre Wink (1991). Al-Hind the Making of the Indo-Islamic World: The Slave Kings and the Islamic Conquest : 11Th-13th Centuries. BRILL. p. 244. ISBN 9004102361.
  10. ^ Mohammad Habib (1981). K. A. Nizami (ed.). Politics and Society During the Early Medieval Period: Collected Works of Professor Mohammad Habib. People's Publishing House. p. 111.
  11. ^ Ghaznavids, C.E. Bosworth, Encyclopedia Iranica
  12. ^ Encyclopedia Iranica, Ghurids, Edmund Bosworth, Online Edition 2007, ([1])
  13. ^ a b A Global Chronology of Conflict: From the Ancient World to the Modern Middle East, Vol. I, ed. Spencer C. Tucker, (ABC-CLIO, 2010), 263.
  14. ^ Jain, Meenakshi (2011-01-01). THE INDIA THEY SAW (VOL-2): Bestseller Book by Meenakshi Jain: THE INDIA THEY SAW (VOL-2). Prabhat Prakashan. p. 240. ISBN 978-81-8430-107-6.
  15. ^ Carnegy, P. (1873). "Benoudha, Part III". Calcutta Review. 56 (109): 43–58, pages 50 to 52.
  16. ^ K. A. Nizami (1970). "FOUNDATION OF THE DELHI SULTANAT". In Mohammad Habib; Khaliq Ahmad Nizami (eds.). A Comprehensive History of India: The Delhi Sultanat (A.D. 1206-1526). Vol. 5 (Second ed.). The Indian History Congress / People's Publishing House. p. 171. OCLC 31870180. In 592/1195-96 Muizzuddin again carme to India. He attacked Bayana, which was under Kumarapala, a Jadon Bhatti Rajput. The ruler avoided a confrontation at Bayana, his capital, but went to Thankar and entrenched himself there. He vas, howvever, compelled to surrender. Thankar and Vijayamandirgarh were occupied and put under Bahauddin Tughril
  17. ^ Ahmad Hasan Dani et al. History of civilizations of Central Asia, vol. IV, Delhi, Motilal Banarsidass Pub. (1999) ISBN 81-208-1409-6, p182
  18. ^ Enc. Islam, article: Muhammad, Mu'izz al-Din
  19. ^ Michel Biran, The Empire of the Qara Khitai in Eurasian History, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), 70.
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