Bakhtiyar Khalji's Tibet campaign
1206 campaign to invade Tibet in the 13th century / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Bakhtiyar Khalji, the general of Qutubuddin Aibak, launched a campaign to invade Tibet in the 13th century.[2][3]
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Bakhtiyar Khalji led his army through harsh terrain into the cultivated valley of mainland Kamrup and Tibet, where he met fierce resistance and a guerrilla uprising | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Khaljis of Bengal Deshi Muslims | Tibetan tribes | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Tibetan tribal leaders | |||||||
Strength | |||||||
10,000 (approx.)[1] | Unknown | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Several thousand; cavalry reduced to a few hundred | Unknown but less than Bakhtiyar. |
He was motivated by a desire to control the lucrative trade between Tibet and India. Tibet was a source of the most prized possession of any army, horses, and Khalji was keen to secure this route and control the trade by conquering Tibet. Musalman army commenced plundering the country around the Tibet Region. The people of that fort and town and the parts adjacent advanced to repel the Muslim army, and they came to a battled From daybreak to the time of evening prayer a fierce encounter was carried on, and a great number of the Musalman army were killed and wounded.[4]