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The First Battle of Tarain, also spelt as the First Battle of Taraori, was fought in 1191 between the invading Ghurid army led by Muhammad of Ghor and the Rajput Confederacy led by Prithviraj Chauhan, near Tarain (modern Taraori in Haryana, India). The battle ended in decisive victory for the Rajputs; however, Muhammad of Ghor managed to escape ...
The Second Battle of Tarain was fought in 1192 between the Ghurid forces of Muhammad Ghuri and the Rajput Confederacy of Prithviraj Chauhan. It took place near Tarain (modern Taraori), which is 110 kilometres (68 mi), north of Delhi. The battle ended in a decisive victory for the invading Ghurids and their successful penetration in north Indian ...
Prithviraj wrote a letter to Muhammad of Ghor, promising him no harm if he decided to return to his own country. Muhammad insisted that he needed time to confer his brother Ghiyath al-Din who was ruling from his capital at Firozkoh. According to Firishta, he agreed to a truce until he received an answer from his brother.
Muhammad of Ghor was born in the Ghur region of present-day west-central Afghanistan to the Ghurid ruler Baha al-Din Sam I who ruled his ancestral realm briefly before he died in 1149, when Muhammad of Ghor was a child. [1] His name is variously transliterated as Muizuddin Sam, Shihabuddin Ghuri, Muhammad Ghori and Muhammad of Ghor. [2]
Battle of Tarain may refer to any of the following battles fought at Tarain (modern Taraori in Haryana, India): . First Battle of Tarain (13 November 1191), in which the Chahamana king Prithviraj Chauhan defeated the Patron of Mahmud Ghaznavi Mohammad Ghori
In the Second Battle of Tarain (1192), Prithviraj Chauhan fell for Muhammad Ghori's diplomatic deception, accepting a truce. However, Ghori exploited the opportunity, launching a surprise attack before sunrise, leading to Prithviraj's defeat and Ghori's decisive victory [ 57 ] after the final assault by their contingent of 10,000 mounted ...
Sayf al-Din Muhammad was succeeded by his cousin Ghiyath al-Din Muhammad, who was the son of Baha al-Din Sam I, and proved himself to be a capable king. Right after Ghiyath's ascension, he, with the aid of his loyal brother Muhammad of Ghor (later known as "Shihabuddin Ghuri"), killed a rival Ghurid chief named Abu'l Abbas. Ghiyath then ...
Muhammad of Ghor: Khusrau Malik(Ghaznavids) Ghurids [11] 1192 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: Near Thanesar: Muhammad of Ghor