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{{Short description|1194 battle during Muhammad of Ghor's Indian campaigns}}
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| conflict   = none
| conflict         = Battle of Chandawar
| date       = 1193 or 1194
| partof            = [[Indian campaigns of Muhammad of Ghor]]
| place       = modern Chandawal near [[Ferozabad]]
| date             = 1194
| result     = Ghurid victory
| place             = modern Chandawal near [[Firozabad]]
| combatant1 = [[Ghurid Empire]]
| result           = Ghurid victory{{sfn|Habibullah|1957|p=53}}
| combatant2 = [[Gahadavala dynasty|Gahadavala kingdom]]
| combatant1       = [[Ghurid Empire]]
| commander1 = [[Mohammad Ghori]]
| combatant2       = [[Gahadavala dynasty|Gahadavala kingdom]]
| commander2 = [[Jaichand of Kannauj]]
| commander1       = [[Muhammad of Ghor]]<br>[[Qutb ud din Aibak]]
| commander2       = [[Jayachandra]]{{KIA}}
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| map_label        = Chandawar
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The '''Battle of Chandawar''' (1193 or 1194) was fought between [[Mohammad Ghori]] and [[Jaichand of Kannauj]] of the [[Gahadavala]] dynasty.{{sfn|Jain|2001|p=220}} It took place at Chandawar (modern Chandawal near [[Ferozabad]]{{sfn|Jackson|2003|p=10}}), on the [[Yamuna River]] close to [[Agra]]. , giving Ghori control of much of northern India.<ref>{{Cite journal|author=Carnegy, P.|year=1873|title=Benoudha, Part III|journal=Calcutta Review|volume=56|issue=109|pages=43&ndash;58, [https://books.google.com/books?id=vJwbAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA50 pages 50 to 52]}}</ref> The battle was hotly contested.{{sfn|Abul Barkat Muhammud Habibullah|1957|p=53}}
The '''Battle of Chandawar''' was fought in 1194 between [[Muhammad of Ghor]] and [[Jayachandra]] of the [[Gahadavala dynasty]].{{sfn|Jain|2001|p=220}} It took place at Chandawar (modern Chandawal near [[Firozabad]]),{{sfn|Jackson|2003|p=10}} on the [[Yamuna River]] close to [[Agra]]. The victory of this battle gave Muhammad control of much of [[North India]]. The battle was hotly contested, until Jayachandra was killed and his army routed.{{sfn|Habibullah|1957|p=53}}
 
The [[Kannauj]] army expected Ghori to attack the capital next, but he chose to target the defenseless city of [[Varanasi]], a famous Hindu pilgrim center. Turkic garrisons were placed in Varanasi, Asni, and other wealthy towns. However, Jayachandra's son, [[Harishchandra (Gahadavala dynasty)|Harishchandra]], was able to expel them, recovering Kanauj, Jaunpur and Mirzapur in AD 1197. Kannauj seems to have stayed independent until [[Iltumish]] conquered it.{{sfn|Abul Barkat Muhammud Habibullah|1957|p=53}}  
 
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==Notes==
==Notes==
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==Sources==
==Sources==
*{{cite book|first=Peter |last=Jackson|title=The Delhi Sultanate: A Political and Military History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lt2tqOpVRKgC&pg=PA10|year=2003|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-54329-3 }}
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*{{cite book |title=The India They Saw: Foreign Accounts: 8th-15th Centuries |volume=II |editor-first=Meenakshi |editor-last=Jain |publisher=Ocean Books Pvt. Ltd. |year=2001   }}
*{{cite book |first=Peter |last=Jackson |title=The Delhi Sultanate: A Political and Military History |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lt2tqOpVRKgC&pg=PA10 |year=2003 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-54329-3}}
 
*{{cite book |title=The India They Saw: Foreign Accounts: 8th-15th Centuries |volume=II |editor-first=Meenakshi |editor-last=Jain |publisher=Ocean Books Pvt. Ltd. |year=2001}}
{{cite book |author= Abul Barkat Muhammud Habibullah|title= The Foundation of Muslim rule in India |url= https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.199570/page/n71/mode/2up |year= 1957}}
* {{cite book |author=Habibullah |first=Abul Barkat Muhammud |title=The Foundation of Muslim rule in India |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.199570/page/n71/mode/2up |publisher=Central Book Depot |year=1957 |edition=3rd |location=Allahabad |language=en}}
 
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Battle of Chandawar
Part of Indian campaigns of Muhammad of Ghor
Date1194
Location
modern Chandawal near Firozabad
27°06′25″N 78°22′01″E / 27.107°N 78.367°E / 27.107; 78.367
Result Ghurid victory[1]
Belligerents
Ghurid Empire Gahadavala kingdom
Commanders and leaders
Muhammad of Ghor
Qutb ud din Aibak		 Jayachandra †
Chandawar is located in South Asia
Chandawar
Chandawar
Location of the Battle of Chandawar

The Battle of Chandawar was fought in 1194 between Muhammad of Ghor and Jayachandra of the Gahadavala dynasty.[2] It took place at Chandawar (modern Chandawal near Firozabad),[3] on the Yamuna River close to Agra. The victory of this battle gave Muhammad control of much of North India. The battle was hotly contested, until Jayachandra was killed and his army routed.[1]

Notes[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Habibullah 1957, p. 53.
  2. ↑ Jain 2001, p. 220.
  3. ↑ Jackson 2003, p. 10.

Sources[edit | edit source]

  • 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.
  • Habibullah, Abul Barkat Muhammud (1957). The Foundation of Muslim rule in India (3rd ed.). Allahabad: Central Book Depot.
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