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{{Infobox military conflict<br />
| conflict = Battle of Hisar Firoza<br />
| image = <br />
| caption = <br />
| partof = Campaigns of [[Babur]]<br />
| place = [[Hisar (city)|Hisar]], [[Delhi Sultanate]]<br />
| date = 26 February 1526<br />
| result = Mughal victory<br />
| combatant1 = [[Timurid dynasty|Timurids]]<br />
| combatant2 = [[Delhi Sultanate]]<br />
| commander1 = [[Babur]]<ref name=Rickard /><br>[[Humayun]]<br />
| commander2 = Hamid Khan<br />
| strength1 = Unknown but fewer<br />
| strength2 = Unknown but more<br />
| casualties1 = Unknown<br />
| casualties2 = Unknown<br />
}}<br />
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The '''Battle of Hisar Firoza''' took place in [[Hisar (city)|Hisar]], in the state of [[Haryana]], [[India]] between [[Zahir-ud-din Muhammad Babur]] and Hamid Khan on 26 February 1526. Babur<ref name="Rickard" /> with his son [[Humayun]] clashed against the [[Afghan (ethnonym)|Afghans]] under the command of Hamid Khan. It was the first battle of Humayun and he was only eighteen years old back then. Humayun had a significant victory against Hamid Khan in the battle of Hisar Firoza.<ref>{{cite web |title=History |url=https://hisar.gov.in/history/ |website=Government of Haryana’s Portal |access-date=31 August 2021}}</ref><br />
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== Background ==<br />
Babur started conquering India around 1524–1526. [[Lodi dynasty]], belonging to the [[Pashtun tribe]] (Afghan), was ruling the [[Delhi Sultanate]] at that time. Hisar was a very significant tactical focal point for [[Ibrahim Lodi]] who was the last [[sultan]] of Delhi sultanate from the Lodi dynasty. Prior to the [[First Battle of Panipat]], Babur was marching towards [[Panipat]] to fight Ibrahim Lodi in 1526. But when Babur got to the [[Ghaggar-Hakra River]], he was informed that Hamid Khan was leading his troops from [[Firoz Shah Palace Complex|Hisar Firoza]] towards him. Learning the news, Babur sent his son Humayun with an adequate number of soldiers to fight Hamid Khan.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Mukherjee |first1=Siddhartha |title=Wars of Humayun |website=Farbound.net |date=21 August 2017 |url=https://farbound.net/wars-of-humayun/ |access-date=31 August 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Mohan |first1=Lalit |title=Hisar: Hub of Haryana's history |journal=The Tribune |date=21 December 2002 |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20021221/windows/slice.htm |access-date=31 August 2021}}</ref><br />
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== Battle ==<br />
Sultan Ibrahim Lodi sent a second army led by Hamid Khan from Hisar Firoza, which is 100 miles to the north-west of [[Delhi]], to weaken Babur's battle plan for Panipat. Babur went with Humayun to fight the army led by Hamid Khan on 26 February. When Humayun's army arrived near the position, Humayun sent off around 100 to 150 of his soldiers ahead of him. Hamid's army started fighting these soldiers and suddenly Humayun attacked with the rest of his army. Hamid Khan's soldiers became puzzled, they started fleeing the [http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/battles_hisar-firuza.html#:~:text=The%20battle%20of%20Hisar%2DFiruza,he%20advanced%20south%20towards%20Ambala. battlefield]. Humayun's soldiers caught around 150 men of Hamid and 7-8 [[elephants]]. They beheaded almost half of the arrestees. It was Humayun's first battle as well as his first victory.<ref name=Rickard>{{cite journal |last1=Rickard |first1=J |title=Battle of Hisar-Firuza |website=Historyofwar.org |date=15 May 2010 |url=http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/battles_hisar-firuza.html |access-date=31 August 2021}}</ref><br />
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== Aftermath ==<br />
On 2 March, the winning news came to Babur's camp. Babur rewarded the messenger a [[horse]] from the royal stable. Prince Humayun came back to the camp 5 March with around 100 of the captured soldiers and the elephants. The captured men were shot dead afterwards by Babur's [[matchlock]] men. Babur awarded the [[throne]] of Hisar to prince Humayun after his decisive win against Hamid Khan in the battle of Hisar Firoza. With the victory, Humayun made Babur's battle of Panipat easier. Ibrahim Lodi was lost in the first battle of Panipat to Babur and was killed in 1526. With the victory of the Panipat, Babur established the [[Mughal Empire]] in India.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Jaiswal |first1=Anuradha |title=A brief summary of mistakes made by Humayun |url=http://www.rncollegehajipur.in/rn/uploads/products/HUMAYUN%20by%20Dr.%20Anuradh%20Jaiswal.pdf |website=Rncollegehajipur.in |access-date=31 August 2021}}</ref><br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Babur]]<br />
* [[Delhi Sultanate]]<br />
* [[First Battle of Panipat]]<br />
* [[Humayun]]<br />
* [[Ibrahim Lodhi]]<br />
* [[Lodi dynasty]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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[[Category:1526 in India]]<br />
[[Category:Conflicts in 1526]]<br />
[[Category:Battles involving the Mughal Empire|Hisar]]<br />
[[Category:16th century in the Mughal Empire]]<br />
[[Category:Battles involving the Delhi Sultanate]]</div>MayraBarnett41