Mongol invasion of India (1306)

Mongol invasion of India, 1306
Part of Mongol invasions of India
Date 1306 Location Ravi River bank Result Delhi Sultanate victory
Belligerents
Chagatai Khanate	Delhi Sultanate
Commanders and leaders
Kopek † Iqbalmand Tai-Bu	Malik Kafur Malik Tughluq Shahnah-i-Bargah Malik Alam
Casualties and losses
64,000 Mongols killed 20,000 Mongol women and children sold as slaves in India[1][2]	Comparatively very less

In 1306, the Chagatai Khanate ruler Duwa sent an expedition to India, to avenge the Mongol defeat in 1305. The invading army included three contingents led by Kopek, Iqbalmand, and Tai-Bu. To check the invaders' advance, the Delhi Sultanate ruler Alauddin Khalji dispatched an army led by Malik Kafur, and supported by other generals such as Malik Tughluq. The Delhi army achieved a decisive victory, killing tens of thousands of the invaders. The Mongol captives were brought to Delhi, where they were either killed or sold into slavery.

After this defeat, the Mongols did not invade the Delhi Sultanate during Alauddin's reign. The victory greatly emboldened Alauddin's general Tughluq, who launched several punitive raids in the Mongol territories of present-day Afghanistan.