| Battle of Kili 1299 | |||||||||
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| Part of the Mongol invasions of India | |||||||||
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 Chagatai Khanate |
 Delhi Sultanate | ||||||||
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100,000[1] 200,000 (Exaggerated)[2] |
30,000[3] 300,000 (Exaggerated)[2] | ||||||||
  Location of Delhi in present-day India | |||||||||
The Battle of Kili was fought in 1299 between the Mongols of the Chagatai Khanate and the Delhi Sultanate. The Mongols, led by Qutlugh Khwaja, invaded India, intending to conquer Delhi. When they encamped at Kili near Delhi, the Delhi Sultan Alauddin Khalji led an army to check their advance.
Alauddin's general Zafar Khan attacked a Mongol unit led by Hijlak without Alauddin's permission. The Mongols tricked Zafar Khan into following them away from Alauddin's camp, and then ambushed his unit. Before he died, Zafar Khan managed to inflict heavy casualties on the Mongol army. The Mongols decided to retreat after two days.
- ^ Mikaberidze, Alexander (22 July 2011). Conflict and Conquest in the Islamic World [2 volumes] [2 volumes]: 2 volumes [2 volumes]. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. p. 62. ISBN 978-1-59884-337-8.
- ^ a b Kishori Saran Lal 1950, p. 159.
- ^ Mikaberidze 2011, p. 62.