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The Battle of Khajuha was fought on January 5, 1659, between the newly crowned Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb and Shah Shuja who also declared himself Mughal Emperor in Bengal. Shuja's army rested by the tank of Khajwa, about 30 miles to the west of Fatehpur- Haswa in'the Allahabad District, between the Ganges and the Jumna.
After subduing two of his brothers, Dara and Murad, Aurangzeb assembled a massive army to confront his last remaining brother, Shah Shuja, in the Battle of Khajwa. This battle, which took place on January 5th, was primarily characterized by an intense artillery exchange, with cannon, rockets, muskets, and hand grenades being employed ...
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Shuja was defeated in the Battle of Khajwa on 5 January 1659. [2] He retreated, first to Tanda and then to Dhaka, on 12 April 1660. [2] He left Dhaka on 6 May and boarded ships near present-day Bhulua on 12 May heading to Arakan. [2] Mir Jumla reached Dhaka on 9 May 1660 and was then appointed by Aurangzeb as the next Subahdar of Bengal. [19]
M. Battle of Machhiwara; Battle of Anandpur (1753) Battle of Manupur; Maratha–Portuguese War (1683–1684) Mughal conquest of Baglana; Draft:Mughal Conquest of Balochistan
The battle was a major event in Medieval Indian history although Timurids won at Panipat but at the time, the sultanate at Delhi was a spent force that was long crumbling. To the contrary, Kingdom of Mewar under the able rule of Rana Sanga and his predecessors, had turned into one of the strongest powers of northern India. [ 9 ]
Persia gained unprecedented influence in the region as a consequence of Nader's campaigns. Even though a rebellion soon broke out against Nader's new appointee and the Persian army had to be recalled to the region to re-establish control. The revolt was quelled, keeping Central Asia under Persian dominion until the collapse of the Empire.
killed in a battle against Sher Afghan. (Local history of Burdwan, West Bengal, India says that Qutub-ud-din Kokah died in a battle against Ali Quli Istajlu alias Sher Afgan in 1610 CE. The tomb where both of them were buried is presently under the surveillance of Archaeological Survey of India.) Jahangir Quli Beg: 1607–1608