Sirsuti won — then the Muslims driven back

ملك شرستي من الهند وانهزام المسلمين بعدها

c. 1188 CE · 584 AH

Sirsuti

Shihab al-Din Muhammad al-Ghuri took the town of Sirsuti in India — then the Muslims were repulsed in that contested marchland 1.

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1170118011901200 c.
The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks

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the Ghurid army

Commanders: Shihab al-Din al-Ghuri

the Indian kings

Summary

Shihab al-Din Muhammad al-Ghuri took the town of Sirsuti in the land of India. After that, the Muslims were defeated on that frontier, which changed hands often. 1

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Shihab al-Din's victory over the king of Hind and the taking of Ajmer (588 AH)· death of Ghiyath al-Din, king of Ghur· Shihab al-Din al-Ghuri versus the king of Banaras· Ismailis massacred in Khurasan· Killing of Shihab al-Din al-Ghuri· Shihab al-Din's siege of Khwarazm and his defeat by the Khita· Shihab al-Din's victory over the Tirahis· Ghiyath al-Din Muhammad ibn Sam

Sources

  1. al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir , p. 163
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Shihab al-Din's victory over the king of Hind and the taking of Ajmer (588 AH)

588 (1192): brooding since his 583 defeat — 'I have not slept with my wife nor changed my white clothes since that kafir beat me' — Shihab al-Din al-Ghuri marched for Hind, drew the pursuing king four stages deep, then loosed seventy thousand horse on a night encirclement; at dawn, while the Indians kept to their bedding custom, the host struck from every side; the king stood on his elephant till taken, was dragged by the beard before Shihab al-Din, exchanged the famous words — 'I had a golden fetter for you' / 'we give you no rank worth a fetter' — saw Ajmer iqta'd to the mamluk Qutb al-Din Aybak, and was killed.