Battle of Jajau

Battle of Jajau
Part of Mughal war of succession (1707)
Date20 June 1707
Location
Jajau, Mughal Empire (present day Uttar Pradesh, India)
Result

Bahadur Shah I's Victory.

Belligerents

Mughals under Bahadur Shah I

Supported by
Khalsa (Sikhs)[1][2]		 Mughals under Azam Shah
Commanders and leaders

Bahadur Shah I
Muhammad Azim
Aghar Khan
Khanazad Khan
Saf Shikan Khan
Jahandar Shah
Azim-ush-Shan
Farrukhsiyar
Munim Khan II
Hasan Ali Khan Barha  (WIA)
Husain Ali Khan Barha  (WIA)
Nur-ud-din Ali Khan Barha  †
Mirza Namdar Lucknowi †
Sayyid Husain Khan  †
Sayyid Abu Said Khan  †
Inayat Khan Thaheem  †
Isa Khan Main

Supported by

Guru Gobind Singh[3][4]
Bhai Dharam Singh[5]
Kuldeep Singh [6]		 Muhammad Azam Shah †
Bidar Bakht  †
Alivardi Khan
Jawan Bakht  †
Sikandar Shan  †
Wala Jah  †
Ali Tabar †
Khan Alam Dakhvini †
Munawwar Khan
Zulfiqar Khan
Asad Khan
Amanullah Khan  †
Jai Singh II
Rao Dalpat Bundela  †
Ram Singh Hada  †
Mirza Sadr-ud-din Muhammad Khan
Tarbiyat Khan  †
Mutallib Khan
Salabat Khan  †
Aqil Khan  †
Safawi Khan Bakhshi  †
Shujat Khan  †
Ibrahim Khan Tabrizi
Usman Khan
Matlab Khan  (WIA)
Khudabanda Khan  (WIA)
Muhammad Bakir  †
Mir Atash  †
Muhammad Ishaq  †
Ibrahim Khan  †
Ahmad Khan  †
Darya Khan  †
Sayyid Abdullah  †
Sherani Khan  †
Abdullah Beg  †
Hazrat Quli Sistani  †
Dilawar Khan  †
Ibrahim Beg Babari  †
Ismail Khan  †
Sher Afkan Khan  †
Mast Ali Khan  †
Mir Nayaz  †
Janbaz Khan  †
Tari Khan  †
Strength
170,000 cavalry [7]
195,000 infantry		 90,000 cavalry [8]
40,000 infantry [8]
Casualties and losses
10,000 soldiers[9] 10,000 soldiers[9]
12,000 cavalry [9]
Azam Shah was buried in Khuldabad, and his 3 sons were buried in Humayun's Tomb, Delhi

The Battle of Jajau was fought between the two Mughal princes and brothers Bahadur Shah I and Muhammad Azam Shah on 20 June 1707. In 1707, their father Aurangzeb died without having declared a successor; instead leaving a will in which he instructed his sons to divide the empire between themselves. Their failure to reach a satisfactory agreement led to a military conflict. After Azam Shah and his three sons were killed in the Battle of Jajau, Bahadur Shah I was crowned as the Mughal emperor on 19 June 1707 at the age of 63.

  1. ^ Macauliffe, Max (1909). The Sikh religion, its gurus, sacred writings, and authors Volume 5. p. 230.
  2. ^ McLeod, W.H (2014). Historical Dictionary of Sikhism. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 99. ISBN 9781442236011.
  3. ^ Irvine, p. 89.
  4. ^ Macauliffe, Max (1909). The Sikh religion, its gurus, sacred writings, and authors Volume 5. p. 230.
  5. ^ McLeod, W.H (2014). Historical Dictionary of Sikhism. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 99. ISBN 9781442236011.
  6. ^ Gandhi, Surjit (2004). A Historian's Approach to Guru Gobind Singh. Singh Bros. p. 323. ISBN 8172053061.
  7. ^ Irvine, p. 22.
  8. ^ a b Irvine, p. 23.
  9. ^ a b c Irvine, p. 34.