Battle of Raichur | |||||||
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Raichur Fort | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Vijayanagara Empire | |||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Krishnadevaraya[4] |
Ismail Adil Shah [4] Mirza Jahangir † Salabut Khan (POW) [5] Asada Khan[6] | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
Contemporary source
Another est.
Modern estimates
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Casualties and losses | |||||||
16,000 soldiers killed (contemporary sources) | Unknown but heavy[citation needed] |
The Battle of Raichur was fought between the Vijayanagara Empire and the Sultanate of Bijapur in 1520[7] in the town of Raichur, India. It resulted in a decisive victory for Vijayanagara forces, and the Bijapur ruler was defeated and pushed across the river Krishna.[8]
Bhat
was invoked but never defined (see the help page).The Raya then crossed the river and seized the Shah's camp, while the Shah himself, by the counsel and help of Asada Khan, a man who afterwards became very famous, escaped only with his life, and fled from the field on an elephant.