List of battles involving the Ghurid dynasty

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

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| style="background-color:#FFCCCC" width="10%" | Afghanistan

| style="background-color:#FFFFCC" width="10%" | Turkmenistan

| style="background-color:#BBBBBB" width="10%" | Uzbekistan

| style="background-color:#DDDDDD" width="10%" | India/Pakistan

| style="background-color:#CCFFFF" width="10%" | Iran


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!Year

!Name

!Location

!Ghurid commander

!Opponent

!Victor

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|1011

|Ghaznavid invasion of Ghur

|Ghur

|Muhammad ibn Suri

|Mahmud of Ghazni(Ghaznavids)

|GhaznavidsEliot and Dowson, The History of India, as Told by Its Own Historians, Vol.2, 286.

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|1107-1108

|Seljuq invasion of Ghur

|Ghur

|Izz al-Din Husayn

|Ahmad Sanjar(Seljuq Empire)

|Seljuq EmpireHistory of Civilizations of Central Asia, C.E. Bosworth, M.S. Asimov, p. 185.Ghurids, C.E. Bosworth, Encyclopedia of Islam, Vol.2, ed. Bernard Lewis, C. Pellat and J. Schacht, (E.J.Brill, 1991), 1100.

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|1148

|1st Battle of Ghazni

|Ghazni

|Sayf al-Din Suri

|Bahram-Shah of Ghazna(Ghaznavids)

|GhuridsC.E. Bosworth, The Later Ghaznavids, 113-114.

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|1149

|Battle of Sang-i Surakh

|Near upper part of the Helmand River

|Sayf al-Din Suri

|Bahram-Shah of Ghazna(Ghaznavids)

|Ghaznavids

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|1151

|2nd Battle of Ghazni

|Ghazni

|Ala al-Din Husayn

|Bahram-Shah of Ghazna(Ghaznavids)

|GhuridsJaques 2007, p. 392

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|1152

|Battle of Nab

|Near Herat

|Ala al-Din Husayn
Ali Chatri

|Ahmad Sanjar(Seljuq Empire)

|Seljuq Empire

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|1163

|Battle of Ragh-i Zar

|Between Firuzkuh and Herat

|Ghiyas ad-Din Ghori
Muhammad of Ghor

|Fakhr al-Din Masud
Taj al-Din Yildiz

|Ghiyas ad-Din Ghori becomes victorious and suppresses the revolt.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.

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|1173

|3rd Battle of Ghazni

|Ghazni

|Muhammad of Ghor

|Oghuz ruler of Ghazni

|Ghurids

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|1175

|Battle of Multan

|Multan

|Muhammad of Ghor

| Khafif (Qarmatians){{Cite book |author=Andre Wink|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=75FlxDhZWpwC |title=Al-Hind the Making of the Indo-Islamic World: The Slave Kings and the Islamic Conquest: 11th–13th Centuries |date=1991 |publisher=BRILL| isbn=9004102361|page=245|language=en}}

|GhuridsAndre Wink, Al-Hind: The Making of the Indo-Islamic World, Vol. 2, 244.

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|1175

|Battle of Herat

|Herat

|Ghiyas ad-Din Ghori

|Baha al-Din Toghril(Seljuq Empire)

|Ghurids

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| 1176

| Siege of Uch

| Uch

| Muhammad of Ghor

| Bhatis or Qarmatians

| Ghurids{{Cite book |author=Andre Wink|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=75FlxDhZWpwC |title=Al-Hind the Making of the Indo-Islamic World: The Slave Kings and the Islamic Conquest: 11th–13th Centuries |date=1991 |publisher=BRILL| isbn=9004102361|page=244|language=en}}

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|1178

|Battle of Kasahrada

|North-east of Anhilwara

|Muhammad of Ghor

|Mularaja II (Chaulukya dynasty)

|Rajputs

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| 1185

| Siege of Sialkot

| Sialkot

| Husain Kharmil (Ghurid general)

| Khusrau Malik (Ghaznavids)

| Ghurids {{Cite book|author=Mohammad Habib|editor=K. A. Nizami|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iQ1uAAAAMAAJ |title=Politics and Society During the Early Medieval Period: Collected Works of Professor Mohammad Habib |date=1981 |publisher=People's Publishing House|page=111|language=en}}

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|1186

|Siege of Lahore (1186)

|Lahore

|Muhammad of Ghor

|Khusrau Malik(Ghaznavids)

|Ghurids[http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/ghaznavids Ghaznavids, C.E. Bosworth, Encyclopedia Iranica]

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|1190

|Battle of Merv

|Merv

|Ghiyas ad-Din Ghori
Muhammad of Ghor

|Sultan Shah of Khwarezm(Khwarazmians)

|GhuridsEncyclopedia Iranica, Ghurids, Edmund Bosworth, Online Edition 2007, ([http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/ghurids])

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|1191

|First Battle of Tarain

|Near Thanesar

|Muhammad of Ghor

|Prithviraj Chauhan(Chauhan dynasty)

|RajputsA Global Chronology of Conflict: From the Ancient World to the Modern Middle East, Vol. I, ed. Spencer C. Tucker, (ABC-CLIO, 2010), 263.

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|1192

|Second Battle of Tarain

|Near Thanesar

|Muhammad of Ghor

|Prithviraj Chauhan(Chauhan dynasty)

|Ghurids

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|1192

|Battle of Bagar

|Bagar

|Qutb ud-Din Aibak

|Jatwan(subordinate of Prithviraj Chauhan)

|Ghurids{{Cite book |last=Jain |first=Meenakshi |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y1EkBQAAQBAJ&dq=bagar+Jatwan&pg=PA240 |title=THE INDIA THEY SAW (VOL-2): Bestseller Book by Meenakshi Jain: THE INDIA THEY SAW (VOL-2) |date=2011-01-01 |publisher=Prabhat Prakashan |isbn=978-81-8430-107-6 |pages=240 |language=en}}

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|1193/4

|Battle of Chandawar

|Chandawar

|Muhammad of Ghor(Ghurid general)

|Jaichand of Kannauj(Gahadvala dynasty)

|Ghurids{{Cite journal|author=Carnegy, P.|year=1873|title=Benoudha, Part III|journal=Calcutta Review|volume=56|issue=109|pages=43–58, [https://books.google.com/books?id=vJwbAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA50 pages 50 to 52]}}

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| 1194

| Battle of Ajmer

| Ajmer

| Qutb al-Din Aibak

| Hariraja
Jaitra (Chahamana)

| Ghurids

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| 1197

| Battle of Kasahrada (1197)

| Mount Abu

| Qutb al-Din Aibak

| Bhima II (Chaulukya dynasty)

| Ghurids

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| 1197

| Siege of Gwalior (1196)

| Gwalior

| Qutb al-Din Aibak
Bahauddin Tughril

| Sulakshanapala (Parihar Rajputs)

| Ghurids

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| 1196

| Siege of Bayana

| Bayana

| Muhammad of Ghor

| Kumarpala (Jadauns)

| Ghurids{{Cite book |author=K. A. Nizami |author-link=K. A. Nizami |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_9cmAQAAMAAJ |title=A Comprehensive History of India: The Delhi Sultanat (A.D. 1206-1526) |publisher=The Indian History Congress / People's Publishing House |year=1970 |editor1=Mohammad Habib |edition=Second |volume=5 |page=171 |chapter=FOUNDATION OF THE DELHI SULTANAT |oclc=31870180 |quote=In 592/1195-96 Muizzuddin again carme to India. He attacked Bayana, which was under Kumarapala, a Jadon Bhatti Rajput. The ruler avoided a confrontation at Bayana, his capital, but went to Thankar and entrenched himself there. He vas, however, compelled to surrender. Thankar and Vijayamandirgarh were occupied and put under Bahauddin Tughril |editor2=Khaliq Ahmad Nizami}}

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|1200/1

|Battle of Nishapur

|Nishapur

|Ghiyas ad-Din Ghori
Muhammad of Ghor

|Muhammad II of Khwarezm(Khwarazmians)

|GhuridsAhmad Hasan Dani et al. [https://books.google.com/books?id=lodSckjlNuMC&pg=PA182 History of civilizations of Central Asia, vol. IV], Delhi, Motilal Banarsidass Pub. (1999) {{ISBN|81-208-1409-6}}, p182[https://books.google.com/books?id=9JQ3AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA662 Enc. Islam, article: Muhammad, Mu'izz al-Din]

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| 1203

| Siege of Kalinjar

| Kalinjar

| Qutb-ud-din Aibak
Iltutmish

| Paramardi (Chandelas of Jejakabhukti)

| Ghurids

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| 1203

| Ghurid conquest of Bengal

| Nabadwip

| Bakhtiyar Khalji

| Lakshmana Sena (Sena Dynasty)

| Ghurids

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|1204

|Battle of Andkhud

|Banks of the Oxus River

|Muhammad of Ghor

|Muhammad II of Khwarezm(Khwarazmians)

|Qara Khitai

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|1205 February–March

|Revolt of Khokars

|Between Lahore and Multan

|Muhammad of Ghor

|Khokars chiefs

|GhuridsMichel Biran, The Empire of the Qara Khitai in Eurasian History, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), 70.

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