Battle of Jalwakhir
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 Samma dynasty Lasharis Bhattis of Thatta Chandia Kalmati[1] |
 Arghun dynasty Rinds | ||||||
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Jam Nizamuddin II Dollah Darya Khan Bahadur Khan Sarang Khan |
Zu'n-Nun Beg Shah Beg Arghun Muhammad Beg Arghun † | ||||||
The Battle of Jalwakhir (natively, Jalūkīr ; جلوڪير جي جنگ) also known as Joolow Geer, was a battle fought at the south of present-day-Quetta, in 1486 CE/892 AH between Samma Khan-i-Azam Jam Mubarak Khan alias Darya Khan and the invading Mongol forces under Shah Beg Arghun, son of Zu'n-Nun Beg Arghun, governor of Kandahar, Farah, Zamindawar, and Ghor, on behalf of Sultan Hussain Bayqara. Shah Beg had earlier captured Siwi, Ganjabah, and Fatehpur by defeating Samma forces under Jam Nizamudin II's Gumashta (Governor/Officer), Bahadur Khan, in 1486 CE/892 AH. This victory was even celebrated by the Herat Court, and Abu Muhammad Mirza (Yaar Muhammad), the brother of Shah Beg Arghun, was appointed in charge of the fort of Siwi. Henceforth Jam Nizamuddin II sent a retaliatory force which contested victory.[2][3][4][5]
The Arghun chief Zu'n-Nun Beg, who, towards the end of the fifteenth century, was appointed by Sultan Hussayn Mirza of Herat to the Governorship of Qandahar, finding the territory under his control insufficient to satisfy his needs and his ambition, proceeded to enlarge his borders. in an easterly direction, and crossing the Amran range, annexed Punishing, Shal (Quetta), and Mastung. His sons, Shah Beg and Muhammed Beg, next descended the Bolan Pass, and added Siwi (or Sibi) to their father’s possessions. But Siwi was in Jam Nanda's territory, and that prince dispatched a strong force under Darya Khan, who seems now to have received the title of Mubarak Khan, to expel the intruders.
At that time, the King Babar moved from Samarkand to Kabul. Out of his fear, the Shah Beg Arghun attacked to Sindh through his brother Mirza Sultan Ahmed who looted the forts of Chandka, Mandeja and Machi's.[6]