Battle of Beas River

The Battle of Beas River was a battle that took place between the Chagatai Khanate and the Mamluk Sultanate in 1285. Ghiyas ud din Balban arranged a military defense line across the Beas River as part of his "blood and iron" fortification chain strategy at Multan and Lahore as a countermeasure against the Chagatai Khanate invasion. Balban managed to repulse the invasion. However, his son Muhammad Khan was slain in battle.[2][3][4][5]

Battle of Beas River 1285
Part of Mongol invasion of Central Asia
South Asian polities, circa 1250 CE, and approximate location of the Battle of Beas River.[1]
Date1285
Location
Beas River
Result Decisive Delhi Mamluk Sultanate victory
Belligerents
Chagatai Khanate Mamluk Sultanate
Commanders and leaders
Ghiyas ud din Balban
Muhammad Khan †

Primary sources

Reference List
  1. Schwartzberg, Joseph E. (1978). A Historical atlas of South Asia. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. p. 37, 147. ISBN 0226742210.
  2. Satish Chandra (2004). Medieval India: From Sultanat to the Mughals-Delhi Sultanat (1206-1526) - Part One. Har-Anand Publications. pp. 66–. ISBN 978-81-241-1064-5.
  3. Kausar Ali (1978). A new history of Indo-Pakistan: from Dravidians to Sultanates. Aziz Publishers.
  4. John McLeod (2015). The History of India. ABC-CLIO. pp. 42–. ISBN 978-1-61069-766-8.
  5. Jaswant Lal Mehta (1979). Advanced Study in the History of Medieval India. Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd. pp. 131–. ISBN 978-81-207-0617-0.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.