List of battles involving the Ghurid dynasty

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

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( 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
  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.
  3. 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.
  5. Jaques 2007, p. 392
  6. 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.  – via Questia (subscription required)
  8. Ghaznavids, C.E. Bosworth, Encyclopedia Iranica
  9. Encyclopedia Iranica, Ghurids, Edmund Bosworth, Online Edition 2007, ()
  10. 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. Carnegy, P. (1873). "Benoudha, Part III". Calcutta Review. 56 (109): 43–58, pages 50 to 52.
  12. Ahmad Hasan Dani et al. History of civilizations of Central Asia, vol. IV, Delhi, Motilal Banarsidass Pub. (1999) ISBN 81-208-1409-6, p182
  13. Enc. Islam, article: Muhammad, Mu'izz al-Din
  14. Michel Biran, The Empire of the Qara Khitai in Eurasian History, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), 70.
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