| Battle of the Malandari Pass (1586) | |||||
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| Part of Afghan-Mughal Wars | |||||
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| Belligerents | |||||
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| Commanders and leaders | |||||
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Kalu Khan Yousafzai Mirwais Khan Yousafzai Ayub Khan Yousafzai Babu Khan Yousafzai Bostan Khan Aladad Khan Sargand Khan Quraish Khan Misri Khan Hindal Khan |
Birbal † Aman Ullah Baig † Saeed Khan †Raja Dharm Singh †[2] Khwaja Arab Bakhshi † Mullah Sheri †[3] Zain Khan Koka Said Khan Ghakkar Abu Fateh | ||||
| Strength | |||||
| Unknown |
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| Casualties and losses | |||||
| Unknown |
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The Battle of the Malandari Pass was fought on 16 February 1586 in what is now the Buner District in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province. The army of the Mughal Empire, led by Raja Birbal, was attacked by Yusufzai tribesmen, led by Malik Kalu Khan Yousafzai. It was one of the greatest defeats of Mughal history and under the reign of Akbar the Great.[a][7][8]
Birbal is believed to have died in the battle alongside 40,000 Mughal soldiers.[6]
- ^ Mughal-Afghan Relations in South Asia p132
- ^ Dowson, John (2023-02-25). The History of India. BoD – Books on Demand. p. 137. ISBN 978-3-382-12416-8.
- ^ Beale, Thomas William (1894). An Oriental Biographical Dictionary: Founded on Materials Collected by the Late Thomas William Beale. W.H. Allen. p. 425.
- ^ Central Asia. Area Study Centre (Central Asia), University of Peshawar. 1981. ISSN 1729-9802.
- ^ "Mughal Empire in India". 1940.
- ^ a b Richards, John F. (1993). The Mughal Empire. Cambridge University Press. pp. 50–51. ISBN 978-0-521-56603-2.
- ^ Micheal Fisher (2016). A Short History Of The Mughal Empire. pp. 132–133.
- ^ Sharma, S. R. (1940). Mughal Empire In India. p. 278.
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