Battle of Dharmat

Battle of Dharmat
Part of Mughal war of succession (1658–1659)
Date15 April 1658
Location
Fatehabad near the village of Dharmat, located close to the city of Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh
Result Aurangzeb's victory
Belligerents
Aurangzeb's Forces Dara Shikoh's forces
Commanders and leaders
Aurangzeb
Murad Baksh
Muhammad Sultan
Multafat Khan
Najabat Khan
Murshid Quli Khan †		 Jaswant Singh Rathore
Mukund Singh Hada †
Ratan Singh Rathore †
Qasim Khan
Strength
30,000 [1] 22,272 armymen along with cavalry
266 Mansabdārs [1]
Casualties and losses

7000 Horsemen
4000 Mansabdārs
100 Nobles

Total 11,100[2]		 At least 6000 Rajputs (as computed by Jadunath Sarkar)[3][4]

The battle of Dharmat was fought during the Mughal war of succession (1658–1659) by Aurangzeb against Jaswant Singh Rathore who was allied with the Mughal prince Dara Shikoh. The battle was fought on the open plain of Dharmat on the hot Summer day of 15 April 1658 in which Aurangzeb won a decisive victory due to advantage in artillery and tactics.[5][6]

  1. ^ a b Karuna Joshi (1998). "New Light on the Battle of Dharmat". Proceedings of the Indian History Congress. 59: 427–433. JSTOR 44147010.
  2. ^ Ahmad 1978, Casualties pp. 29.
  3. ^ Sarkar 1973, Casualties pp. 232.
  4. ^ Roy, Kaushik, ed. (30 March 2011), "Dharmat", War, Culture and Society in Early Modern South Asia, 1740-1849, Taylor & Francis, p. 33, ISBN 9781136790874
  5. ^ Majumdar, R.C, ed. (1974), "Dharmat", The History and culture of the Indian People Vol 7- The Mughal Empire, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, p. 215
  6. ^ Rizvi, Saiyyad, ed. (1987), "Dharmat", The Wonder that was India Vol 2, Rupa&Co, p. 128, ISBN 9780283994586