Battle of Chandawar

Battle of Chandawar
Date	1193
Location	modern Chandawal near Firozabad27.107°N 78.367°E
Result	Ghurid victory[1]
Belligerents
Ghurid Empire	Gahadavala kingdom
Commanders and leaders
Muhammad of Ghor	Jaichand of Kannauj †
	Chandawar Location of the Battle of Chandawar

The Battle of Chandawar was fought between Muhammad of Ghor and Jaichand of Kannauj of the Gahadavala dynasty in 1193.[2] It took place at Chandawar (modern Chandawal near Firozabad[3]), on the Yamuna River close to Agra. The victory of this battle gave Muhammad control of much of northern India.[4] The battle was hotly contested, until Jaichand was killed and his army routed.[1]

Notes

Abul Barkat Muhammud Habibullah 1957, p. 53.
Jain 2001, p. 220.
Jackson 2003, p. 10.
Carnegy, P. (1873). "Benoudha, Part III". Calcutta Review. 56 (109): 43–58, pages 50 to 52.

Jackson, Peter (2003). The Delhi Sultanate: A Political and Military History. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-54329-3.
Jain, Meenakshi, ed. (2001). The India They Saw: Foreign Accounts: 8th-15th Centuries. Vol. II. Ocean Books Pvt. Ltd.

Abul Barkat Muhammud Habibullah (1957). The Foundation of Muslim rule in India.

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