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| == Background ==
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| {{Campaignbox Mongol invasions of India |state=expanded}}
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| [[Duwa]], the ruler of the [[Mongols|Mongol]] [[Chagatai Khanate|Chagatai Khan]] in Central Asia, had dispatched multiple expeditions to India before 1306. [[Alauddin Khalji]], the ruler of [[Delhi Sultanate]] of India, had taken several measures against these invasions. In 1305, Alauddin's forces inflicted a [[Mongol invasion of India, 1305|crushing defeat]] on the Mongols, killing about 20,000 of them. To avenge this defeat, Duwa sent an army led by Kopek to India.{{sfn|Peter Jackson|2003|p=227}}{{sfn|Kishori Saran Lal|1950|pp=170-171}}
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| Various transcriptions of the name of Duwa Khan's general appear in Indian records. [[Amir Khusrau]] calls him "Kabak" and "Kapak"; [[Ziauddin Barani]] calls him "Kunk" and "Gung"; and [[Isami (historian)|Isami]] calls him "Kubak".{{sfn|Kishori Saran Lal|1950|p=171}} According to [[René Grousset]], this general was Duwa Khan's son [[Kebek]].{{sfn|René Grousset|1970|p=339}} However, [[Kishori Saran Lal]] believes that this Kopek must have been a different person, because the Indian chronicles state that he was captured and killed in India.{{sfn|Kishori Saran Lal|1950|p=170}}
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| Kopek invaded the Delhi Sultanate with a large army, and advanced up to the [[Ravi River]], ransacking the territories along the way.{{sfn|Kishori Saran Lal|1950|p=171}} According to [[Isami (historian)|Isami]], the Mongol army included 100,000 soldiers, but this is a clear exaggeration.{{sfn|Peter Jackson|2003|p=228}}
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| == Kopek's defeat == | | == Kopek's defeat == |
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