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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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Year Name Location Ghurid commander Opponent Victor
1011 Ghaznavid invasion of Ghur Ghur Muhammad ibn Suri Mahmud of Ghazni (Ghaznavids) Ghaznavids[1]
1107-1108 Seljuq invasion of Ghur Izz al-Din Husayn Ahmad Sanjar (Seljuq Empire) Seljuq Empire[2][3]
1148 1st Battle of Ghazni Ghazni Sayf al-Din Suri Bahram-Shah of Ghazna (Ghaznavids) Ghurids[4]
1149 Battle of Sang-i Surakh Near upper part of the Helmand River Ghaznavids
1151 2nd Battle of Ghazni Ghazni Ala al-Din Husayn Ghurids[5]
1152 Battle of Nab Near Herat Ala al-Din Husayn
Ali Chatri		 Ahmad Sanjar (Seljuq Empire) Seljuq Empire[3]
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.[6]
1173 3rd Battle of Ghazni Ghazni Muhammad of Ghor Oghuz ruler of Ghazni Ghurids
1175 Battle of Multan Multan Muhammad of Ghor Khafif (Qarmatians)[7] Ghurids[8]
1175 Battle of Herat Herat Ghiyas ad-Din Ghori Baha al-Din Toghril (Seljuq Empire) Ghurids[6]
1176 Siege of Uch Uch Muhammad of Ghor Bhatis or Qarmatians Ghurids[9]
1178 Battle of Kasahrada North-east of Anhilwara Muhammad of Ghor Mularaja II (Chaulukya dynasty) Rajputs
1183 Soomra–Ghurid War Debal and Jacobabad Samsudulah Dodo (Soomra Dynasty) Soomras
1185 Siege of Sialkot Sialkot Husain Kharmil (Ghurid general) Khusrau Malik (Ghaznavids) Ghurids[10]
1186 Siege of Lahore (1186) Lahore Muhammad of Ghor Khusrau Malik (Ghaznavids) Ghurids[11]
1190 Battle of Merv Merv Ghiyas ad-Din Ghori
Muhammad of Ghor		 Sultan Shah of Khwarezm (Khwarazmians) Ghurids[12]
1191 First Battle of Tarain Near Thanesar Muhammad of Ghor Prithviraj Chauhan (Chauhan dynasty) Rajputs[13]
1192 Second Battle of Tarain Ghurids[13]
1192 Battle of Bagar Bagar Qutb ud-Din Aibak Jatwan (subordinate of Prithviraj Chauhan) Ghurids[14]
1193/4 Battle of Chandawar Chandawar Muhammad of Ghor (Ghurid general) Jaichand of Kannauj (Gahadvala dynasty) Ghurids[15]
1194 Battle of Ajmer Ajmer Qutb al-Din Aibak Hariraja
Jaitra (Chahamana)		 Ghurids
1197 Battle of Kasahrada (1197) Mount Abu Bhima II (Chaulukya dynasty) Ghurids
1197 Siege of Gwalior (1196) Gwalior Qutb al-Din Aibak
Bahauddin Tughril		 Sulakshanapala (Parihar Rajputs) Ghurids
1196 Siege of Bayana Bayana Muhammad of Ghor Kumarpala (Jadauns) Ghurids[16]
1200/1 Battle of Nishapur Nishapur Ghiyas ad-Din Ghori
Muhammad of Ghor		 Muhammad II of Khwarezm (Khwarazmians) Ghurids[17][18]
1203 Siege of Kalinjar Kalinjar Qutb-ud-din Aibak
Iltutmish		 Paramardi (Chandelas of Jejakabhukti) Ghurids
1203 Ghurid conquest of Bengal Nabadwip Bakhtiyar Khalji Lakshmana Sena (Sena Dynasty) Ghurids
1204 Battle of Andkhud Banks of the Oxus River Muhammad of Ghor Muhammad II of Khwarezm (Khwarazmians) Qara Khitai
1205 February–March Revolt of Khokars Between Lahore and Multan Muhammad of Ghor Khokars chiefs Ghurids[19]
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