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Battle Of Manupur
The Battle of Manupur took place on 11 March 1748 between the forces of the rising Durrani Empire led by List of heads of state of Afghanistan, Afghan Emperor Ahmad Shah Durrani and the armies of the Mughal Empire led by List of Mughal grand viziers, Mughal Vizier Itimad-ad-Daula, Qamar-ud-Din Khan, Qamar ud-Din. It was apart of Ahmad Shah's Indian campaign of Ahmad Shah Durrani#First Invasion (1747–1748), first invasion of India. The Afghans had successfully stormed through Mughal territories in Afghanistan and Punjab, Battle of Lahore (1748), defeating the Mughals at Lahore. The Mughals immediately began raising a stronger force to oppose the Afghan invasion led by Qamar ud-Din, and Mughal prince Ahmad Shah Bahadur, Bahadur Shah. The Afghans continued their offensive, seizing Sirhind before the two armies met at Manupur. The Afghans were overwhelmingly outnumbered 5:1 as the battle began. Early on, Qamar ud-Din was killed, resulting in his son, Moin-ul-Mulk, Moin ul-Mulk, taki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mughal Empire
The Mughal Empire was an Early modern period, early modern empire in South Asia. At its peak, the empire stretched from the outer fringes of the Indus River Basin in the west, northern Afghanistan in the northwest, and Kashmir in the north, to the highlands of present-day Assam and Bangladesh in the east, and the uplands of the Deccan Plateau in South India.. Quote: "The realm so defined and governed was a vast territory of some , ranging from the frontier with Central Asia in northern Afghanistan to the northern uplands of the Deccan plateau, and from the Indus basin on the west to the Assamese highlands in the east." The Mughal Empire is conventionally said to have been founded in 1526 by Babur, a Tribal chief, chieftain from what is today Uzbekistan, who employed aid from the neighboring Safavid Iran, Safavid and Ottoman Empires Quote: "Babur then adroitly gave the Ottomans his promise not to attack them in return for their military aid, which he received in the form of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
