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{{Infobox military conflict<br />
| conflict = Battle of Alaboi<br />
| date = 5 August 1669<br />
| place = Alaboi plains<br />
| commander1 = [[Lachit Borphukan]]<br>[[Atan Buragohain]]<br>Charingia Pelan [[Phukan]]<br>Dikhowmukhia Rajkhowa<br>Nam-Dayangia Rajkhowa<br>Opar-Dayangia Rajkhowa<br />
| commander2 = [[File:Flag of Jaipur.svg|25px]] [[Ram Singh I]]<br>Mir Nawab ([[POW]])<br />
| casualties1 = 10,000 dead<ref name=alaboi>{{harvtxt|Sarkar|1994|pp=219–221}}</ref><ref name="Comprehensive history of Assam, SL">{{cite book |title=Comprehensive history of Assam, SL Baruah |pages=275}}</ref><br />
| casualties2 = Unknown<br />
| result = Mughal-Amber victory<br />
| strength1 = 40,000<ref name=alaboi>{{harvtxt|Sarkar|1994|pp=219–221}}</ref><br />
| strength2 = 10,000<ref name=alaboi/><br />
| partof = [[Ahom–Mughal conflicts]]<br />
| combatant1 = [[File:Ahom insignia plain.svg|25px]] [[Ahom kingdom]]<br />
| combatant2 = [[File:Flag of the Mughal Empire.png|25px]] [[Mughal Empire]]<br>[[File:Flag of Jaipur.svg|25px]] [[Kingdom of Amber]]<br />
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{{Assam History}}<br />
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The '''Battle of Alaboi''' was fought between the [[Ahom Kingdom]] and the [[Mughal Empire]] around 5 August 1669.{{sfnp|Sarkar|1992|p=221}} The result was a Mughal victory, but [[Ram Singh I]]'s next move was to open negotiations for peace. The Assamese also were tired of war, and hostilities were suspended for a time. Soon after the battle of Alaboi, [[Chakradhwaj Singha]] died in 1669. He was succeeded by his brother [[Udayaditya Singha]]. This was part of the seizure of [[Guwahati]] that led up to the final [[Battle of Saraighat]] which the Ahoms won.<br />
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==Challenge==<br />
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[[Ram Singh I]] is said to have challenged [[Chakradhwaj Singha]] to a single combat and undertook in case of his defeat to return with his army to Bengal. The Assamese king, in his turn, grew impatient and ordered his commanders to attack the Mughals immediately and threatened them that, in the event of their failure, their hearts would be ripped open with axes.<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite book |title=Comprehensive history of Assam, SL Baruah |pages=274}}</ref><br />
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== Battle ==<br />
The Mughals concentrated their army near Alaboi hills in the vicinity of Dalbari. There was a vast plain in front of the Mughal camp, extending from the [[Brahmaputra]] to the [[Sessa River]] on the other.<ref name="ReferenceA"/> [[Lachit Borphukan]] wanted to avoid an open encounter with the superior [[Cavalry|Rajput cavalry]], but the king ordered him to proceed. [[Ram Singh I]] despatched a force under Mir Nawab, and the [[Borphukan]] sent an army of forty thousand men.<ref>{{cite book |title=Atan Buragohain and his time |pages=63}}</ref> The Buranjis narrate that a female warrior named Madanvati at the vanguard of the Mughal army, rushed into the enemy lines with the speed of lightning, killing many soldiers with her sword, until she was shot dead by the Assamese soldiers. Persian sources do not mention it, possibly because Madanvati may have been a man disguised as a woman to demoralise the Assamese army. When the fight continued undecided, [[Ram Singh I]] ordered his lieutenants to engage the Assamese while retiring to the forts with spoils and captives. The Rajput soldiers were equipped with [[Yantra]]s, [[Mantlet|machines with long shields]], so that they could fight uninjured. The [[Ahom Army|Assamese army]] was not prepared for the Mughal weapons and [[cavalry]]. As a result, the Assamese army lost ten thousand of their brave men.<ref name="Comprehensive history of Assam, SL">{{cite book |title=Comprehensive history of Assam, SL Baruah |pages=275}}</ref><br />
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==Aftermath==<br />
The Mughal emperor [[Aurangzeb]] was pleased with the successe at Alaboi and increased Ram Singh's [[Mansabdar|mansab]] from 4000 to 5000. Ram Singh was also instructed to invest [[Guwahati]] soon, and if it was not possible, to devastate the land and plunder the Ahom kingdom and its people.<ref name=alaboi/><br />
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==Notes==<br />
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==References==<br />
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* Baruah, S L (1986), A Comprehensive History of Assam, Munshiram Manoharlal,<br />
* Bhuyan, S.K. (1947). Lachit Barphukan and his times<br />
* {{Citation |last=Sarkar |first=J. N. |contribution=Chapter VIII Assam-Mughal Relations |editor-last=Barpujari |editor-first=H. K. |title=The Comprehensive History of Assam |volume=2 |pages=148–256 |publisher=Assam Publication Board |place=Guwahati |year=1992}}<br />
* {{Cite book|first=Jadunath|last=Sarkar|title=A History of Jaipur:1503–1938|publisher=Orient Longman|year=1994|pages=146–147|isbn=9788125003335|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O0oPIo9TXKcC&q=ahoms}}<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Ahom Dynasty]]<br />
* [[Ahom kingdom]]<br />
* [[Ahom–Mughal conflicts]]<br />
* [[Battle of Saraighat]]<br />
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