List of battles involving the Ghurid dynasty

This is an incomplete list of battles fought by the Ghurids.

India/Pakistan

Turkmenistan

Afghanistan

Iran

Uzbekistan

( Color legend for the location of the battle )

Year	Name	Location	Ghurid commander	Opponent	Victor
1011	Ghaznavid invasion of Ghur	Ghur	Muhammad ibn Suri	Mahmud of Ghazni(Ghaznavids)	Ghaznavids^[1]
1107-1108	Seljuq invasion of Ghur	Ghur	Izz al-Din Husayn	Ahmad Sanjar(Seljuq Empire)	Seljuq Empire^[2]^[3]
1148	1st Battle of Ghazni	Ghazni	Sayf al-Din Suri	Bahram-Shah of Ghazna(Ghaznavids)	Ghurids^[4]
1149	Battle of Sang-i Surakh	Near upper part of the Helmand River	Sayf al-Din Suri	Bahram-Shah of Ghazna(Ghaznavids)	Ghaznavids
1151	2nd Battle of Ghazni	Ghazni	Ala al-Din Husayn	Bahram-Shah of Ghazna(Ghaznavids)	Ghurids^[5]
1152	Battle of Nab	Near Herat	Ala al-Din Husayn Ali Chatri	Ahmad Sanjar(Seljuq Empire)	Seljuq Empire^[3]
1157	Battle of Ragh-i Zar	Between Firuzkuh and Herat	Ghiyas ad-Din Ghori	Fakhr al-Din Masud Tadj al-Din Yildiz	Ghiyas ad-Din Ghori becomes victorious and suppresses the revolt.^[6]
1173	3rd Battle of Ghazni	Ghazni	Muhammad of Ghor(Ghurid general)	Oghuz ruler of Ghazni	Ghurids
1175	Battle of Multan	Multan	Muhammad of Ghor(Ghurid general)	Muslim ruler of Multan	Ghurids^[7]
1175	Battle of Herat	Herat	Ghiyas ad-Din Ghori	Baha al-Din Toghril(Seljuq Empire)	Ghurids^[6]
1178	Battle of Kayadara	North-east of Anhilwara	Muhammad of Ghor(Ghurid general)	Bhima II (Chaulukya dynasty)	Chaulukya dynasty
1186	Siege of Lahore	Lahore	Muhammad of Ghor(Ghurid general)	Khusrau Malik(Ghaznavids)	Ghurids^[8]
1192	Battle of Merv	Merv	Ghiyas ad-Din Ghori Muhammad of Ghor	Sultan Shah of Khwarezm(Khwarazmians)	Ghurids^[9]
1191	First Battle of Tarain	Near Thanesar	Muhammad of Ghor(Ghurid general)	Prithviraj Chauhan(Chauhan dynasty)	Chauhans^[10]
1192	Second Battle of Tarain	Near Thanesar	Muhammad of Ghor(Ghurid general)	Prithviraj Chauhan(Chauhan dynasty)	Ghurids^[10]
1193/4	Battle of Chandawar	Chandawar	Muhammad of Ghor(Ghurid general)	Jaichand of Kannauj(Gahadvala dynasty)	Ghurids^[11]
1200/1	Battle of Nishapur	Nishapur	Ghiyas ad-Din Ghori Muhammad of Ghor	Muhammad II of Khwarezm(Khwarazmians)	Ghurids^[12]^[13]
1204	Battle of Andkhud	Banks of the Oxus River	Muhammad of Ghor	Muhammad II of Khwarezm(Khwarazmians)	Khwarazmians
1205 February–March	Revolt of Khokars	Between Lahore and Multan	Muhammad of Ghor	Khokhars	Ghurids^[14]
1206	Siege of Tirmidh	Tirmidh	Muhammad of Ghor	Kara-Khitan army	Ghurids^[14]
1206 Autumn	2nd Siege of Tirmidh	Tirmidh	Ghurid army	Kara-Khitan/Khwarezmian army	Kara-Khitan/Khwarezmian^[14]

References

↑ Eliot and Dowson, The History of India, as Told by Its Own Historians, Vol.2, 286.
↑ History of Civilizations of Central Asia, C.E. Bosworth, M.S. Asimov, p. 185.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Ghurids, C.E. Bosworth, Encyclopedia of Islam, Vol.2, ed. Bernard Lewis, C. Pellat and J. Schacht, (E.J.Brill, 1991), 1100.
↑ C.E. Bosworth, The Later Ghaznavids, 113-114.
↑ Jaques 2007, p. 392
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 The Iranian World, C.E. Bosworth, The Cambridge History of Iran, Vol. 5, ed. J. A. Boyle, John Andrew Boyle, (Cambridge University Press, 1968), 163.
↑ Andre Wink, Al-Hind: The Making of the Indo-Islamic World, Vol. 2, 244.
↑ Ghaznavids, C.E. Bosworth, Encyclopedia Iranica
↑ Encyclopedia Iranica, Ghurids, Edmund Bosworth, Online Edition 2007, ([1])
↑ ^10.0 ^10.1 A Global Chronology of Conflict: From the Ancient World to the Modern Middle East, Vol. I, ed. Spencer C. Tucker, (ABC-CLIO, 2010), 263.
↑ Benoudha, Part III. Calcutta Review({Template:Year).
↑ Ahmad Hasan Dani et al. History of civilizations of Central Asia, vol. IV, Delhi, Motilal Banarsidass Pub. (1999) Template:ISBN, p182
↑ Enc. Islam, article: Muhammad, Mu'izz al-Din
↑ ^14.0 ^14.1 ^14.2 Michel Biran, The Empire of the Qara Khitai in Eurasian History, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), 70.

[1] Eliot and Dowson, The History of India, as Told by Its Own Historians, Vol.2, 286.

[2] History of Civilizations of Central Asia, C.E. Bosworth, M.S. Asimov, p. 185.

[Ghurids-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Ghurids, C.E. Bosworth, Encyclopedia of Islam, Vol.2, ed. Bernard Lewis, C. Pellat and J. Schacht, (E.J.Brill, 1991), 1100.

[4] C.E. Bosworth, The Later Ghaznavids, 113-114.

[Jaques392-5] Jaques 2007, p. 392

[The_Iranian_World_1968-6] 6.0 ^6.1 The Iranian World, C.E. Bosworth, The Cambridge History of Iran, Vol. 5, ed. J. A. Boyle, John Andrew Boyle, (Cambridge University Press, 1968), 163.

[7] Andre Wink, Al-Hind: The Making of the Indo-Islamic World, Vol. 2, 244.

[8] Ghaznavids, C.E. Bosworth, Encyclopedia Iranica

[Iranica-Ghurids-9] Encyclopedia Iranica, Ghurids, Edmund Bosworth, Online Edition 2007, ([1])

[Spencer-10] 10.0 ^10.1 A Global Chronology of Conflict: From the Ancient World to the Modern Middle East, Vol. I, ed. Spencer C. Tucker, (ABC-CLIO, 2010), 263.

[11] Benoudha, Part III. Calcutta Review({Template:Year).

[12] Ahmad Hasan Dani et al. History of civilizations of Central Asia, vol. IV, Delhi, Motilal Banarsidass Pub. (1999) Template:ISBN, p182

[13] Enc. Islam, article: Muhammad, Mu'izz al-Din

[Biran-14] 14.0 ^14.1 ^14.2 Michel Biran, The Empire of the Qara Khitai in Eurasian History, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), 70.

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