List of battles involving the Ghurid dynasty information

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

India/Pakistan

Turkmenistan

Afghanistan

Iran

Uzbekistan

( 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]

^ Eliot and Dowson, The History of India, as Told by Its Own Historians, Vol.2, 286.
^ History of Civilizations of Central Asia, C.E. Bosworth, M.S. Asimov, p. 185.
^ ^a ^b Ghurids, C.E. Bosworth, Encyclopedia of Islam, Vol.2, ed. Bernard Lewis, C. Pellat and J. Schacht, (E.J.Brill, 1991), 1100.
^ C.E. Bosworth, The Later Ghaznavids, 113-114.
^ Jaques 2007, p. 392
^ ^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.
^ 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.
^ Andre Wink, Al-Hind: The Making of the Indo-Islamic World, Vol. 2, 244.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ Ghaznavids, C.E. Bosworth, Encyclopedia Iranica
^ Encyclopedia Iranica, Ghurids, Edmund Bosworth, Online Edition 2007, ([1])
^ ^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.
^ 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.
^ Carnegy, P. (1873). "Benoudha, Part III". Calcutta Review. 56 (109): 43–58, pages 50 to 52.
^ 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
^ Ahmad Hasan Dani et al. History of civilizations of Central Asia, vol. IV, Delhi, Motilal Banarsidass Pub. (1999) ISBN 81-208-1409-6, p182
^ Enc. Islam, article: Muhammad, Mu'izz al-Din
^ Michel Biran, The Empire of the Qara Khitai in Eurasian History, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), 70.

[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.

[Ghurids-3] 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.

[Jaques392-5] Jaques 2007, p. 392

[The_Iranian_World_1968-6] 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

[Iranica-Ghurids-12] Encyclopedia Iranica, Ghurids, Edmund Bosworth, Online Edition 2007, ([1])

[Spencer-13] 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

[Biran-19] Michel Biran, The Empire of the Qara Khitai in Eurasian History, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), 70.

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