| Conquest of Gwalior | |||||||||
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 Fort of Gwalior | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Mamluk dynasty | Parihar Rajput | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
| Iltutmish | Malayavarma Deva  | ||||||||
  Gwalior Location of the battle of Gwalior | |||||||||
The Conquest of Gwalior was the military confrontation between the Delhi sultanate and the Parihar Rajputs. [1]
In 1231, Iltutmish laid siege to the Gwalior fort, which was under the command of Malayavarma Deva or Mangal Deva. [2] The siege continued for eleven months, but in the end, Malayavarma surrendered to Iltutmish, and fled away in the night. [3] [4] On 12 December 1232, Gwalior came under Iltutmish rule after the eleven months had passed. [5]
It is said that when Iltutmish entered the fort after capturing it, he killed 700 Hindus who were still present in the fort [6] and many of the women committed jauhar . The fort remained under Muslim rule till Tomara annexation in 1398. [7]
12 December 1232, when Mangal Deva decamped from the fort at night.