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Battle of Alaboi

2026-09-20T07:54:32Z

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{{Short description|17th century battle in Assam, India}}
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{{Infobox military conflict
| conflict = Battle of Alaboi
| date = 5 August 1669
| place = Alaboi plains
| commander1 = [[Lachit Borphukan]] [[Atan Buragohain]] Charingia Pelan [[Phukan]] Dikhowmukhia Rajkhowa Nam-Dayangia Rajkhowa Opar-Dayangia Rajkhowa
| commander2 = [[File:Flag of Jaipur.svg|25px]] [[Ram Singh I]] Mir Nawab ([[POW]])
| casualties1 = 10,000 dead<ref name=alaboi>{{harvtxt|Sarkar|1994|pp=219–221}}</ref><ref name="Comprehensive history of Assam, SL">{{cite book |title=Comprehensive history of Assam, SL Baruah |pages=275}}</ref>
| casualties2 = Unknown
| result = Mughal-Amber victory
| strength1 = 40,000<ref name=alaboi>{{harvtxt|Sarkar|1994|pp=219–221}}</ref>
| strength2 = 10,000<ref name=alaboi/>
| partof = [[Ahom–Mughal conflicts]]
| combatant1 = [[File:Ahom insignia plain.svg|25px]] [[Ahom kingdom]]
| combatant2 = [[File:Flag of the Mughal Empire.png|25px]] [[Mughal Empire]] [[File:Flag of Jaipur.svg|25px]] [[Kingdom of Amber]]
}}

{{Assam History}}The Arab Campaigns Of Southern Asia happened between south asian kingdoms and three Caliphates ummayyad Caliphate, rashidun Caliphate and abbasid Caliphate

==Challenge==
{{main|Ahom-Mughal conflicts}}
[[Ram Singh I]] is said to have challenged [[Chakradhwaj Singha]] to a single combat and undertook in case of his defeat to return with his army to Bengal. The Assamese king, in his turn, grew impatient and ordered his commanders to attack the Mughals immediately and threatened them that, in the event of their failure, their hearts would be ripped open with axes.<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite book |title=Comprehensive history of Assam, SL Baruah |pages=274}}</ref>

== Battle ==
The Mughals concentrated their army near Alaboi hills in the vicinity of Dalbari. There was a vast plain in front of the Mughal camp, extending from the [[Brahmaputra]] to the [[Sessa River]] on the other.<ref name="ReferenceA"/> [[Lachit Borphukan]] wanted to avoid an open encounter with the superior [[Cavalry|Rajput cavalry]], but the king ordered him to proceed. [[Ram Singh I]] despatched a force under Mir Nawab, and the [[Borphukan]] sent an army of forty thousand men.<ref>{{cite book |title=Atan Buragohain and his time |pages=63}}</ref> The Buranjis narrate that a female warrior named Madanvati at the vanguard of the Mughal army, rushed into the enemy lines with the speed of lightning, killing many soldiers with her sword, until she was shot dead by the Assamese soldiers. Persian sources do not mention it, possibly because Madanvati may have been a man disguised as a woman to demoralise the Assamese army. When the fight continued undecided, [[Ram Singh I]] ordered his lieutenants to engage the Assamese while retiring to the forts with spoils and captives. The Rajput soldiers were equipped with [[Yantra]]s, [[Mantlet|machines with long shields]], so that they could fight uninjured. The [[Ahom Army|Assamese army]] was not prepared for the Mughal weapons and [[cavalry]]. As a result, the Assamese army lost ten thousand of their brave men.<ref name="Comprehensive history of Assam, SL">{{cite book |title=Comprehensive history of Assam, SL Baruah |pages=275}}</ref>

==Aftermath==
The Mughal emperor [[Aurangzeb]] was pleased with the successe at Alaboi and increased Ram Singh's [[Mansabdar|mansab]] from 4000 to 5000. Ram Singh was also instructed to invest [[Guwahati]] soon, and if it was not possible, to devastate the land and plunder the Ahom kingdom and its people.<ref name=alaboi/>

==Notes==
{{reflist}}

==References==
{{refbegin}}
* Baruah, S L (1986), A Comprehensive History of Assam, Munshiram Manoharlal,
* Bhuyan, S.K. (1947). Lachit Barphukan and his times
* {{Citation |last=Sarkar |first=J. N. |contribution=Chapter VIII Assam-Mughal Relations |editor-last=Barpujari |editor-first=H. K. |title=The Comprehensive History of Assam |volume=2 |pages=148–256 |publisher=Assam Publication Board |place=Guwahati |year=1992}}
* {{Cite book|first=Jadunath|last=Sarkar|title=A History of Jaipur:1503–1938|publisher=Orient Longman|year=1994|pages=146–147|isbn=9788125003335|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O0oPIo9TXKcC&q=ahoms}}

{{refend}}

==See also==
* [[Ahom Dynasty]]
* [[Ahom kingdom]]
* [[Ahom–Mughal conflicts]]
* [[Battle of Saraighat]]

[[Category:History of Guwahati]]
[[Category:17th-century battles]]
[[Category:17th century in the Ahom kingdom]]
[[Category:Wars involving the Mughal Empire]]
[[Category:1660s in the Mughal Empire]]
[[Category:Military history of India]]
[[Category:1669 in India]]

Capture of Hooly Honore

2026-09-20T07:44:58Z

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{{Infobox Military Conflict
| conflict = Arab Campaigns Of Southern Asia
| partof =
| image =
| caption =
| date = Unknown
| place = present-day Sindh, Balochistan, Afghanistan and India
| result = South Asian Kingdom's Victory

•Arab invasion Halted
| combatant1 = Pratihara Empire
Chalukya Empire
Mori of Chittor
Gurjars of lata
Guhil dyansty
Kingdom of valabhi
Karkota empire
Qiqan kingdom
Zunbils
Turk shahis
Chach (Brahmin) Dynasty
Rastrakuta Empire
Saindhava Dynasty
| combatant2 = Ummayyad Caliphate
Abbasid Caliphate
Rashidun Caliphate
| commander1 = Pushyadeva
Mihir bhoja
Lalitaditya Muktapida
Dantidurga
Jayabhata IV
Nagbhata I
Bappa Rawal
Raja Dahir (KIA)
Unknown Nephew Of Raja Dahir (KIA)
Masiah (KIA)
Jaishlah (KIA)
Hullishah (surrendered)
Unknown Chavda king (KIA)
Bo fuzhun (surrendered)
Tegin shah
Barha Tegin
Fromo kesaro
Qiqan shah
Agguka I
Avanjivhresha pulakhesin
pulakhesin II
| commander2 =Muhammad bin qasim
Al Junayad
Tamim ul utbi (KIA)
Al hakam ibn awana (KIA)
Imran ibn musa (surrendered)
Ubaidullah (KIA)
Budail or Bazil (KIA)
Al mughrrab
| strength1 =Unknown
| strength2 =Unknown
| casualties1 =Unknown
| casualties2 =Unknown but maybe heavy
| campaignbox =Arab Campaigns Of Southern Asia
}}
{{Campaignbox Third Anglo-Mysore War}}
The '''Capture of Hooly Honore''', a town and fortress held by forces of the [[Kingdom of Mysore]], occurred on 21 December 1791, after two days of siege by combined forces of the [[British East India Company]] and the [[Maratha Empire]]. The battle was part of a campaign during the [[Third Anglo-Mysore War]] by Maratha leader [[Purseram Bhow]] to recover Maratha territories taken by [[Hyder Ali]] in an earlier conflict between Mysore and the Marathas.

==References==
*Moor, Edward (1794). [https://books.google.com/books?id=tEoOAAAAQAAJ&dq=moor%20mahratta%20tippoo%20sultaun&pg=PA143#v=onepage&q=hooly%20honore&f=false ''A narrative of the operations of captain Little's detachment, and of the Mahratta army''] (a detailed British account of the capture)
*Mill, James. [https://books.google.com/books?id=hlQIAAAAQAAJ&dq=Darwar%20siege%201790&lr=&pg=PA275#v=onepage&q=Darwar%20siege%201790&f=false ''A history of British India'', Volume 5]
*Duff, James Grant. [https://books.google.com/books?id=e_Pc4ZQMoy0C&dq=hurry%20punt&lr=&pg=PA199#v=onepage&q=hurry%20punt&f=false ''A history of the Mahrattas'', Volume 2]

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Capture of Hooly Honore

2026-09-20T07:44:02Z

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Capture of Hooly Honore

2026-09-20T07:42:54Z

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Capture of Hooly Honore

2026-09-20T07:31:28Z

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{{more footnotes|date=April 2022}}
{{EngvarB|date=April 2017}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2017}}
{{Infobox Military Conflict
| conflict = Arab Campaigns Of Southern Asia
| partof =
| image =
| caption =
| date = Unknown
| place = present-day Sindh, Balochistan, Afghanistan and India
| result = South Asian Kingdom's Victory

•Arab invasion Halted
| combatant1 = Pratihara Empire
Chalukya Empire
Mori of Chittor
Gurjars of lata
Guhil dyansty
Kingdom of valabhi
Karkota empire
Qiqan kingdom
Zunbils
Turk shahis
Chach (Brahmin) Dynasty
Rastrakuta Empire
Saindhava Dynasty
| combatant2 = {{flagicon image|Flag of Ummayyad Caliphate.svg}} [[Ummayyad Caliphate]]
{{flagicon image|Flag of Rashidun Caliphate.svg}} [[Rashidun Caliphate]]
{{flagicon image|Flag of Abbasid Caliphate.svg}}
[[Abbasid Caliphate]]
| commander1 = Pushyadeva
Mihir bhoja
Lalitaditya Muktapida
Dantidurga
Jayabhata IV
Nagbhata I
Bappa Rawal
Raja Dahir (KIA)
Unknown Nephew Of Raja Dahir (KIA)
Masiah (KIA)
Jaishlah (KIA)
Hullishah (surrendered)
Unknown Chavda king (KIA)
Bo fuzhun (surrendered)
Tegin shah
Barha Tegin
Fromo kesaro
Qiqan shah
Agguka I
Avanjivhresha pulakhesin
pulakhesin II
| commander2 =Muhammad bin qasim
Al Junayad
Tamim ul utbi (KIA)
Al hakam ibn awana (KIA)
Imran ibn musa (surrendered)
Ubaidullah (KIA)
Budail or Bazil (KIA)
Al mughrrab
| strength1 =Unknown
| strength2 =Unknown
| casualties1 =Unknown
| casualties2 =Unknown but maybe heavy
| campaignbox =Arab Campaigns Of Southern Asia
}}
{{Campaignbox Third Anglo-Mysore War}}
The '''Capture of Hooly Honore''', a town and fortress held by forces of the [[Kingdom of Mysore]], occurred on 21 December 1791, after two days of siege by combined forces of the [[British East India Company]] and the [[Maratha Empire]]. The battle was part of a campaign during the [[Third Anglo-Mysore War]] by Maratha leader [[Purseram Bhow]] to recover Maratha territories taken by [[Hyder Ali]] in an earlier conflict between Mysore and the Marathas.

==References==
*Moor, Edward (1794). [https://books.google.com/books?id=tEoOAAAAQAAJ&dq=moor%20mahratta%20tippoo%20sultaun&pg=PA143#v=onepage&q=hooly%20honore&f=false ''A narrative of the operations of captain Little's detachment, and of the Mahratta army''] (a detailed British account of the capture)
*Mill, James. [https://books.google.com/books?id=hlQIAAAAQAAJ&dq=Darwar%20siege%201790&lr=&pg=PA275#v=onepage&q=Darwar%20siege%201790&f=false ''A history of British India'', Volume 5]
*Duff, James Grant. [https://books.google.com/books?id=e_Pc4ZQMoy0C&dq=hurry%20punt&lr=&pg=PA199#v=onepage&q=hurry%20punt&f=false ''A history of the Mahrattas'', Volume 2]

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Capture of Hooly Honore

2026-09-20T07:25:15Z

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{{more footnotes|date=April 2022}}
{{EngvarB|date=April 2017}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2017}}
{{Infobox Military Conflict
| conflict = Arab Campaigns Of Southern Asia
| partof =
| image =
| caption =
| date = Unknown
| place = present-day Sindh, Balochistan, Afghanistan and India
| result = South Asian Kingdom's Victory

•Arab invasion Halted
| combatant1 = {{flagicon image|Flag of the Pratihara Empire .svg}}[[Pratihara Empire]] {{flagicon image|Flag of the Chalukya Empire (1707).svg}} [[Chalukya Empire]]
Mori of chittor
Gurjars of lata
Guhil dyansty
Kingdom of valabhi
Karkota empire
Qiqan kingdom
Zunbils
Turk shahis
Chach (Brahmin) Dynasty
Rastrakuta Empire
Saindhava Dynasty
| combatant2 = {{flagicon image|Flag of Ummayyad Caliphate.svg}} [[Ummayyad Caliphate]]
{{flagicon image|Flag of Rashidun Caliphate.svg}} [[Rashidun Caliphate]]
{{flagicon image|Flag of Abbasid Caliphate.svg}}
[[Abbasid Caliphate]]
| commander1 = Pushyadeva
Mihir bhoja
Lalitaditya Muktapida
Dantidurga
Jayabhata IV
Nagbhata I
Bappa Rawal
Raja Dahir (KIA)
Unknown Nephew Of Raja Dahir (KIA)
Masiah (KIA)
Jaishlah (KIA)
Hullishah (surrendered)
Unknown Chavda king (KIA)
Bo fuzhun (surrendered)
Tegin shah
Barha Tegin
Fromo kesaro
Qiqan shah
Agguka I
Avanjivhresha pulakhesin
pulakhesin II
| commander2 =Muhammad bin qasim
Al Junayad
Tamim ul utbi (KIA)
Al hakam ibn awana (KIA)
Imran ibn musa (surrendered)
Ubaidullah (KIA)
Budail or Bazil (KIA)
Al mughrrab
| strength1 =Unknown
| strength2 =Unknown
| casualties1 =Unknown
| casualties2 =Unknown but maybe heavy
| campaignbox =Arab Campaigns Of Southern Asia
}}
{{Campaignbox Third Anglo-Mysore War}}
The '''Capture of Hooly Honore''', a town and fortress held by forces of the [[Kingdom of Mysore]], occurred on 21 December 1791, after two days of siege by combined forces of the [[British East India Company]] and the [[Maratha Empire]]. The battle was part of a campaign during the [[Third Anglo-Mysore War]] by Maratha leader [[Purseram Bhow]] to recover Maratha territories taken by [[Hyder Ali]] in an earlier conflict between Mysore and the Marathas.

==References==
*Moor, Edward (1794). [https://books.google.com/books?id=tEoOAAAAQAAJ&dq=moor%20mahratta%20tippoo%20sultaun&pg=PA143#v=onepage&q=hooly%20honore&f=false ''A narrative of the operations of captain Little's detachment, and of the Mahratta army''] (a detailed British account of the capture)
*Mill, James. [https://books.google.com/books?id=hlQIAAAAQAAJ&dq=Darwar%20siege%201790&lr=&pg=PA275#v=onepage&q=Darwar%20siege%201790&f=false ''A history of British India'', Volume 5]
*Duff, James Grant. [https://books.google.com/books?id=e_Pc4ZQMoy0C&dq=hurry%20punt&lr=&pg=PA199#v=onepage&q=hurry%20punt&f=false ''A history of the Mahrattas'', Volume 2]

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[[Category:Battles of the Third Anglo-Mysore War|Hooly Honore 1791]]
[[Category:Military history of India]]
[[Category:1791 in India]]

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