Battle of Chandawar

Battle of chandawar
Date	1193 or 1194
Location	modern Chandawal near Ferozabad
Result	Ghurid victory
Belligerents
Ghurid Empire	Gahadavala kingdom
Commanders and leaders
Muhammad of Ghor	Jaichand of Kannauj

The Battle of Chandawar (1193 or 1194) was fought between Muhammad of Ghor and Jaichand of Kannauj of the Gahadavala dynasty.^[2] It took place at Chandawar (modern Chandawal near Ferozabad^[3]), on the Yamuna River close to Agra. , giving Muhammad control of much of northern India.^[4] The battle was hotly contested, until Jaichand was killed and his army routed.^[1]

Chandawar

Notes[]

^ ^a ^b Abul Barkat Muhammud Habibullah 1957, p. 53.
^ Jain 2001, p. 220.
^ Jackson 2003, p. 10.
^ Carnegy, P. (1873). "Benoudha, Part III". Calcutta Review. 56 (109): 43–58, pages 50 to 52.

Sources[]

Jackson, Peter (2003). The Delhi Sultanate: A Political and Military History. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-54329-3.
Jain, Meenakshi, ed. (2001). The India They Saw: Foreign Accounts: 8th-15th Centuries. Vol. II. Ocean Books Pvt. Ltd.

Abul Barkat Muhammud Habibullah (1957). The Foundation of Muslim rule in India.

This Indian history-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .

[FOOTNOTEAbul_Barkat_Muhammud_Habibullah195753-1] Abul Barkat Muhammud Habibullah 1957, p. 53.

[FOOTNOTEJain2001220-2] Jain 2001, p. 220.

[FOOTNOTEJackson200310-3] Jackson 2003, p. 10.

[4] Carnegy, P. (1873). "Benoudha, Part III". Calcutta Review. 56 (109): 43–58, pages 50 to 52.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]