Draft:Battle of Landi Kotal (1672)

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  • Comment: Some of the sources do not have enough detail to identify. For instance "Studies in Mughal History" exists as a 1983 book by Ashvini Agrawal and a 1960 book by Aisa. Aila Sīkarī. "War and state-building in Afghanistan : historical and modern perspectives" appears to have 2015 and 2016 editions KylieTastic (talk) 19:17, 31 December 2023 (UTC)


The Battle of Landi Kotal also known as the Battle of Ali Masjid was a battle fought by the Afghan tribesmen and the Mughal Forces.[1][2][3][4]

Battle of Landi Kotal (1672)
Part of Afghan-Mughal Wars
DateSpring of 1672
Location
Landi Kotal
Result Afghan victory[5]
Belligerents

Afghan tribesmen

  • Mohmand
  • Shinwari
  • Afridi
Mughal empire
Commanders and leaders
Aimal Khan Mohmand Mohammad Amin
Khushal Khan Khattak
Strength
Unknown Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown Forty Thousand Dead[6]
Twenty thousand captured[7]

Aftermath[edit]

The Pathans Imprisoned Mohammad Amin's daughter, his wife committed suicide and his son Abdullah was killed. Aimal Khan Mohmand was chosen as the king by the Afghan tribsemen.[8] twenty thousand men and women were captured and were sent to turan for sale as slaves[9]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Srivastava, Ashirbadi Lal (1966). The Mughal Empire, 1526-1803 A.D. S. L. Agarwala. p. 526.
  2. ^ Edwardes, Stephen Meredyth; Garrett, Herbert Leonard Offley (1995). Mughal Rule in India. Atlantic Publishers & Dist. p. 111. ISBN 978-81-7156-551-1.
  3. ^ Sinha, Narendra Krishna; Banerjee, Anil Chandra (1958). History of India. A. Mukherjee. p. 412.
  4. ^ Dani, Ahmad Hasan; Masson, Vadim Mikhaĭlovich; Unesco (2003-01-01). History of Civilizations of Central Asia: Development in contrast : from the sixteenth to the mid-nineteenth century. UNESCO. p. 279. ISBN 978-92-3-103876-1.
  5. ^ Mughal-Afghan Relations in South Asia p179
  6. ^ Studies in Mughal History by Ashvini Agrawal p188
  7. ^ War and state-building in Afghanistan : historical and modern perspectives 2014 p70
  8. ^ Yaqubi, Himayatullah (2015). Mughal-Afghan relations in South Asia : history and developments. Internet Archive. Islamabad : National Institute of Historical and Cultural Research, Centre of Excellence, Quaid-i-Azam University. p. 179. ISBN 978-969-415-115-1.
  9. ^ Gates, Scott; Roy, Kaushik (2014-11-20). War and State-Building in Afghanistan: Historical and Modern Perspectives. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 70. ISBN 978-1-4725-7219-6.