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{{Short description|Ghurid siege of Gwalior}}
{{Infobox military conflict
| conflict = Siege of Gwalior
| place = [[Gwalior]]
| image = Gwalior 1.JPG
| caption = Gwalior fort
| date = 1196
| territory = Gwalior annexed to Ghurid dynasty<br>Fall of Kachchhapaghata dynasty
| result = [[Ghurid]] victory
| combatant1 = [[Ghurid dynasty]]
| combatant2 = [[Kachchhapaghata dynasty]]<br>Parihar Rajputs
| commander1 = [[Muhammad of Ghor]]<br>[[Qutb ud-Din Aibak]]<br>[[Bahauddin Tughril]]
| commander2 = Sulakshanapala{{surrender}}
}}

The '''siege of Gwalior''' was a military expedition of The [[Ghurid dynasty|Ghurid Dynasty]] against the [[Kachchhapaghata dynasty]] in 1196. The Ghurids under [[Qutb ud-Din Aibak]] captured Gwalior after defeating [[Kachchhapaghata dynasty#list of rulers|Sulakshanapala]], the King of Kachchhapaghata. Sulakshanapala surrendered to Aibak, which led to the complete end of [[Rajput]] Kachchhapaghata dynasty<ref>{{Cite book |last=Jayapalan |first=N. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6L6avTlqJNYC&dq=sulakshanapala&pg=PA3 |title=History of India |date=2001 |publisher=Atlantic Publishers & Distri |isbn=978-81-7156-928-1 |pages=3 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Srivastava Ashirbadi Lal |url=http://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.241557 |title=The Sultanate Of Delhi |date=1950 |publisher=Shiva Lal Agarwala and Co. |pages=79}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_9cmAQAAMAAJ |title=A Comprehensive History of India: The Delhi Sultanat (A.D. 1206-1526), ed. by Mohammad Habib and Khaliq Ahmad Nizami |date=1970 |publisher=People's Publishing House |pages=171 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Srivastava |first=Ashirbadi Lal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Bdw9AAAAMAAJ&q=Muhammad+sulakshanapala |title=The History of India, 1000 A.D.-1707 A.D. |date=1964 |publisher=Shiva Lal Agarwala |pages=37 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Chakravarty |first=Kalyan Kumar |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WihuAAAAMAAJ |title=Gwalior Fort: Art, Culture, and History |date=1984 |publisher=Arnold-Heinemann |isbn=978-0-391-03223-1 |pages=91 |language=en}}</ref>

[[Kachchhapaghata dynasty#list of rulers|Sulakshanapala]], the King of Kachchhapaghata dynasty surrendered the fort and accepted their sovereignty.<ref name=":0" /> Qutb ud-Din appointed his slave [[Iltutmish]] as governor.<ref name=":1" /> This led to the decline of Kachchhapaghata dynasty.

== Background ==
[[Gwalior Fort]] was ruled by Kachchhapaghata dynasty until 1196. The Ghurids [[Qutb ud-Din Aibak]], [[Muhammad of Ghor]] and [[Bahauddin Tughril|Buhanuddhin Tughril]] marched towards Gwalior fort. According to historian [[Muhammad Qasim Ferishta]], Muhammad promised Tughril the governance of Gwalior on its seizure. At the time [[Tughril]] was increasing his domain and influence and would have gained plunder upon the capitulation of Gwalior. Instead, Qutb al-Din laid siege. The fort held out for a long time, however, hard pressed by the Ghurids, they eventually surrendered.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Kumar |first=Sunil |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EoIMAQAAMAAJ |title=The Emergence of the Delhi Sultanate, 1192-1286 |date=2007 |publisher=Permanent Black |isbn=978-81-7824-147-0 |pages=118 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Khan |first=Iqtidar Alam |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=URluAAAAMAAJ |title=Historical Dictionary of Medieval India |date=2008-04-25 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-5503-8 |pages=33 |language=en}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:Battles involving the Rajputs]]
[[Category:Battles involving the Ghurid dynasty]]

Siege of Gwalior (1196) - Revision history

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