Conflict: Moghul Imperial Wars
Combatants: Lodi Sultanate vs. Moghuls
Location: India
Outcome: Moghul victory
On this day in 1526, Ibrahim Lodi, the Sultan of Delhi, attacked the Moghuls under Babur north of his city with an army of 30,000 - 40,000 soldiers. The attacks failed and the Moghuls, though greatly outnumbered, counterattacked the enemy flanks with cavalry. Faced with attacks from the the front and both sides, the Indian soldiers broke and ran. Ibrahim, along with 15,000 of his men, were killed in the rout.
Points of Interest:
The death of Ibrahim ended the Lodi dynasty in India.
Babur's Moghul Empire in India would endure until the 18th century.
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Sources:
Dupuy, R. Ernest & Dupuy, Trevor N. (1993). The Harper's Encyclopedia of Military History. New York: HarperCollins.
Eggenberger, David (1985). An Encyclopedia of Battles: Accounts of Over 1,560 Battles from 1479 B.C. to the Present. New York: Dover Publications, Inc.
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