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Battle of Ghazni (1148)

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Battle of Ghazni
Date1148
Location
Ghazni, Afghanistan
Result Ghurid victory
Belligerents
Ghurid dynasty Ghaznavids
Commanders and leaders
Sayf al-Din Suri Bahram-Shah of Ghazna

The Battle of Ghazni was fought in 1148 between the Ghurid army of Sayf al-Din Suri and the army of the Ghaznavid Sultan Bahram-Shah of Ghazna. The Ghurid ruler defeated Bahram-Shah and took the city while Bahram-Shah fled to India.[1]

Bahram-Shah returned the next year and defeated and killed Sayf al-Din Suri and retook Ghazni.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ a b Jaques 2007, p. 391

References

  • Jaques, Tony (2007). Dictionary of Battles and Sieges. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-313-33538-9.


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