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{{Infobox military conflict
|conflict=Battle of Kannanur
|image=
|caption=
|partof=
|date=1342/1343
|place= [[Kannanur]], [[Tamil Nadu]]
|result= Madurai Sultanate victory, [[Veera Ballala III]] killed, entire Hoysala treasury given to Ghiyas-ud-din by [[Veera Ballala IV|Virupaksha Ballala]]<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Mughal Throne: The Saga of India's Great Emperors|last=Eraly|first=Abraham|pages=259}}</ref>
|combatant1=[[Hoysala Empire]]
|combatant2=[[Madurai Sultanate]]
|commander1= *[[Veera Ballala III]]{{KIA}}
*[[Veera Ballala IV|Virupaksha Ballala]]
*Ballappa Dandanayaka
|commander2= *[[Madurai Sultanate# Ghiyas-ud-Din Muhammad Damghani|Ghiyas-ud-din of Madurai]]
* [[Madurai Sultanate# Nasir-ud-Din Mahmud Damghan Shah|Nasir-ud-Din Mahmud Damghan Shah]]
|strength1=unknown
|strength2=unknown
|casualties1= Best soldiers killed
|casualties2=unknown
|}}

The '''Battle of Kannanur''' was fought in 1342 or 1343 at [[Kannanur]], [[India]]. The battle was fought between the forces of the great [[Hoysala]] monarch [[Veera Ballala III]] and the Sultan of [[Madurai]], Ghiyas-ud-Din. The brothers [[Harihara I]] and [[Bukka Raya I]], the founders of the famous [[Vijayanagara Empire]] served the [[Hoysala]] king [[Veera Ballala III]] as governors of the Northern Hoysala territories. They were too busy fighting battles in the north, and couldn't support the Hoysala army in the South.

==Result==
The victory seemed clear- the Hoysalas were winning, when [[Veera Ballala III]] was captured, and according to historians Chopra et al., was "strangled and flayed"., slain.<ref name="maker">Kamath (1980), p.129</ref> His son and successor, [[Veera Ballala IV]] gave away his entire treasure to Ghiyas-ud-din of Madurai in the vain hope of releasing his father. Even his general and cousin Ballappa Dandanayaka, who had served him and his father [[Veera Ballala III]] loyally now deserted him. [[Veera Ballala IV]] also faced the same fate in 1346. This ended the rule of the great Hoysalas.<ref>{{cite book |last1=M. Derret |first1=J. Duncan |title=The Hoysalas |date=23 April 1957 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=London, UK |id=203167 |page=194 |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.507525/page/n219/mode/2up }}</ref><ref name="maker">Kamath (1980), p.129</ref><ref name="great">Chopra, Ravindran and Subrahmanian (2003), p.156</ref><ref name="Preserve articles: Short biography of Harihara I">{{cite web |title=Short biography of Harihara I |url=https://www.preservearticles.com/biography/short-biography-of-harihara-i-ad-1336ad-1355/14111 |publisher=Preserve articles |access-date=29 December 2020}}</ref><ref name="Preserve articles: Short biography of Bukka I">{{cite web |title=Short biography of Bukka I |url=https://www.preservearticles.com/biography/short-biography-of-bukka-i-ad-1355ad-1377/14110 |publisher=Preserve articles |access-date=29 December 2020}}</ref>

==Notes==
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==References==
* ''The Hoysalas'', J. Duncan M. Derret, Oxford University Press, 1957
* Sastri, K.A. Nilakanta (2002) [1955]. ''A history of South India from prehistoric times to the fall of Vijayanagar''. New Delhi: Indian Branch, Oxford University Press. {{ISBN|0-19-560686-8}}.
* Kamath, Suryanath U. (2001) [1980]. ''A concise history of Karnataka: from pre-historic times to the present''. Bangalore: Jupiter books. LCCN 80905179. OCLC 7796041.

[[Category:14th century in India]]
[[Category:1340s in Asia]]
[[Category:Hoysala Empire]]
[[Category:Tiruchirappalli district]]

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