Battle of Beas River

Battle of Beas River 1285
Part of Mongol invasion of Central Asia
South Asia 1250 CE DELHI SULTANATE (MAMLUKS) AHOM LOHA RAS QARLUGHIDS MARYUL GUGE KUMAON SOOMRAS MAKRAN SULTANATE MONGOL EMPIRE GUJARAT CHUDASAMAS {{{3}}} CHANDELAS MEWAR BUNDELAS KHANGARS JAISALMER MARWAR AMBER AMARKOT KARNATAS NAGVANSIS KAKATIYAS CHODAS EASTERN GANGAS YADAVAS PANDYAS CHOLAS HOYSALAS KADAMBAS CHERAS class=notpageimage| South Asian polities, circa 1250 CE, and approximate location of the Battle of Beas River. [1]
Date 9 March 1285 Location Beas River Result Mamluk victory Mongol Forces Withdraw Balban's Son Muhammad Khan Was Killed in the Battle of Multan
Belligerents
Chagatai Khanate	Mamluk Sultanate
Commanders and leaders
Unknown	Ghiyas ud din Balban Muhammad Khan  †

The Battle of Beas River took place between the Chagatai Khanate and the Mamluk Sultanate on 9 March 1285. Ghiyas ud din Balban arranged a military defense line across the Beas River as part of his "blood and iron" fortification chain strategy at Multan and Lahore as a countermeasure against the Chagatai Khanate invasion. Balban managed to repulse the invasion. However, his son Muhammad Khan was slain in battle. ^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

Primary sources

• Tarikh-i-Firuz Shahi Ziauddin Barani

Reference List

1. Schwartzberg, Joseph E. (1978). A Historical atlas of South Asia. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. p. 37, 147. ISBN   0226742210.
2. Satish Chandra (2004). Medieval India: From Sultanat to the Mughals-Delhi Sultanat (1206-1526) - Part One. Har-Anand Publications. pp. 66–. ISBN   978-81-241-1064-5.
3. Kausar Ali (1978). A new history of Indo-Pakistan: from Dravidians to Sultanates. Aziz Publishers.
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5. Jaswant Lal Mehta (1979). Advanced Study in the History of Medieval India. Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd. pp.  131–. ISBN   978-81-207-0617-0.