Edmund Bosworth, Online Edition 2012, (LINK) ^ a b c d Encyclopedia Iranica, Ghurids, C.A Comprehensive History of India: Volume Five - The Delhi Sultanat (A.D. ^ Mohammad Habib, Khaliq Ahmad Nizami (ed.). Pakistani military named three of its medium-range ballistic missileGhauri-I, Ghauri-II and Ghauri-III, in the memory of Mu'izz. However, Mu'izz was able to take Peshawar and Sialkot. The invading army suffered heavy casualties during the battle, and also in the retreat back across the desert to Multan. Mu'izz's army had suffered greatly during the march across the desert, and the Chaulukyas inflicted a major defeat on him at the village of Kayadara (near to Mount Abu, about forty miles to the north-east of Anhilwara). Gujarat was ruled by the young Chaulukya ruler Mularaja II the Chaulukya forces included the armies of their feudatories such as the Naddula Chahamana ruler Kelhanadeva, the Jalor Chahamana ruler Kirtipala, and the Arbuda Paramara ruler Dharavarsha. On the way, Muizz suffered a defeat at the Battle of Kayadara, during his first campaign against an Indian ruler. He turned south, and led his army from Multan to Uch and then across the desert towards the Chaulukya capital of Anhilwara (modern day Patan in Gujarat) in 1178. Mu'izz's campaign against the Qarmatians rulers of Multan in 1175 had ended in victory. After having helped his brother in expanding the western frontiers of the Ghurid Empire, he began to focus on India.
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