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The Battle of Peshawar was fought on 27 November 1001 between the Ghaznavid army of Mahmud of Ghazni and the Hindu Shahi army of Jayapala, near Peshawar.Jayapala was defeated and captured, and as a result of the humiliation of the defeat, he later immolated himself in a funeral pyre.
In what was the last battle of his life, Jayapala met with Mahmud at Peshawar on 27 September 1001; one Shahi governor of Bardari province named Adira Afghan is held to have switched sides and aided in the safe and quick passage of Mahmud's troops across Shahi provinces. [25]
Battle of Peshawar (1001) Mahmud of Ghazni: Hindu Shahis Jayapala (POW) Ghaznavid Victory. Jayapala taken as prisoner. Much of Gandhara was annexed into Ghaznavid Empire; Capture of Bhera (1004) Mahmud of Ghazni Kingdom of Bhatia Biji Rai (POW) Ghaznavid Victory [citation needed] Biji Rai was captured and immolated himself. Battle of the Indus ...
On 28 November 1001, his army fought and defeated the army of Raja Jayapala of the Kabul Shahis at the Battle of Peshawar. In 1002 Mahmud invaded Sistan and dethroned Khalaf ibn Ahmad, ending the Saffarid dynasty. [18] From there he decided to focus on Hindustan to the southeast, particularly the highly fertile lands of the Punjab region.
1001 - 27 November: Battle of Peshawar; Mahmud of Ghazni in power. 1006 - Mahmud of Ghazni defeats Anandapala. [2] [3] 1180 - Mu'izz-Ud-Din Muhammad Ibn Sam in power. [2] 1630 - Mohabbat Khan Mosque built. 1758 - 8 May: Battle of Peshawar; Marathas in power.
In the year 1001, soon after Sultan Mahmud came to power and was occupied with the Qarakhanids north of the Hindu Kush, Jayapala attacked Ghazni once more and upon suffering yet another defeat by the powerful Ghaznavid forces, near present-day Peshawar. After the Battle of Peshawar, he committed suicide because his subjects thought he had ...
Gandhara (IAST: Gandhāra) was an ancient Indo-Aryan [1] civilization centred in present-day north-west Pakistan and north-east Afghanistan. [2] [3] [4] The core of the region of Gandhara was the Peshawar and Swat valleys extending as far east as the Pothohar Plateau in Punjab, though the cultural influence of Greater Gandhara extended westwards into the Kabul valley in Afghanistan, and ...
Capture of Peshawar may refer to: Battle of Peshawar (1001) , fought between Mahmud of Ghazni and Jayapala Capture of Peshawar (1834) , fought between the Sikh Empire and Peshawar Sardars