Battle of Ghazni (1148)

The Battle of Ghazni was fought in 1148 between the Ghurid army of Sayf al-Din Suri and the army of the Ghaznavid Sultan Bahram-Shah of Ghazna. The Ghurid ruler defeated Bahram-Shah and took the city while Bahram-Shah fled to Kurram District in present day Pakistan.^[1]

Battle of Ghazni
Date 1148 Location Ghazni, Afghanistan Result Ghurid victory
Belligerents
Ghurid dynasty	Ghaznavids
Commanders and leaders
Sayf al-Din Suri	Bahram-Shah of Ghazna

Bahram-Shah returned the next year and defeated and killed Sayf al-Din Suri and retook Ghazni.^[1]

Notes

1. Jaques 2007, p. 391

References

• Jaques, Tony (2007). Dictionary of Battles and Sieges. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-313-33538-9.