Battle of Chandawar

The Battle of Chandawar (1193 or 1194) was fought between Mohammad Ghori and Jaichand of Kannauj of the Gahadavala dynasty.[1] It took place at Chandawar (modern Chandawal near Ferozabad[2]), on the Yamuna River close to Agra. , giving Ghori control of much of northern India.[3] The battle was hotly contested.[4]

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Date 1193 or 1194 Location modern Chandawal near Ferozabad Result Ghurid victory
Belligerents
Ghurid Empire	Gahadavala kingdom
Commanders and leaders
Mohammad Ghori	Jaichand of Kannauj

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, was able to expel them, recovering Kanauj, Jaunpur and Mirzapur in AD 1197. Kannauj seems to have stayed independent until Iltumish conquered it.[4]

Notes

1. Jain 2001, p. 220.
2. Jackson 2003, p. 10.
3. Carnegy, P. (1873). "Benoudha, Part III". Calcutta Review. 56 (109): 43–58, pages 50 to 52.
4. Abul Barkat Muhammud Habibullah 1957, p. 53.

Sources

• 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. II. Ocean Books Pvt. Ltd.

Abul Barkat Muhammud Habibullah (1957). The Foundation of Muslim rule in India.