Battle of Khajwa

Battle of Khajuha
Part of Mughal war of succession (1658-1659)

The Mughal armies of Aurangzeb and Shah Shuja confront each other
DateDecember, 1658[1]
Location
Khajuha
Result Victory of Aurangzeb.
Territorial
changes
The newly crowned Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb gains absolute control of the eastern territories of the Mughal Empire.
Belligerents
Aurangzeb Shah Shuja
Commanders and leaders
Aurangzeb
Mir Jumla II
Islam Khan
Kilich Khan
Shaista Khan
Asad Khan
Muhammad Saleh Kamboh
Haji Shafi Isfahani
Nur Beg
Dur Beg
Rustam Beg
Kunwar Ram Singh
Shah Shuja
Buland Akhtar
Sultan Bang
Zainul Abedin
Mirza Ismail Beg
Strength
90,000[2]
120 cannons
8,000 war elephants
23,000[3]
110 cannons
10,000 war elephants
Casualties and losses
11,000 9,000

The Battle of Khajuha was fought on January 5, 1659, between the newly crowned Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb and Shah Shuja who also declared himself Mughal Emperor in Bengal. Shuja's army rested by the tank of Khajwa, about 30 miles to the west of Fatehpur- Haswa in'the Allahabad District, between the Ganges and the Jumna.