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Siege of Lahore (1186)

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through an envoy asked for his presence in his court. While, Khusrau Malik was reluctant to leave as the populace of Lahore advised him against it, nonetheless, fearing a possible Ghurid invasion, he along with his son went to the court of Ghiyath al-Din. However, they were never brought to Ghiyath
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According to the manoeuvre, Muhammad released Khusrau Malik's hostage son Malik Shah to visit his father and sent him along with some of the Ghurid officers. Muhammad, further according to Ferishta instructed his officers  to "make him drink as much liquor as possible in the way to Lahore".
418:. Alauddin followed up his victory by sacking the city of Ghazni, in the course of which he ordered a general massacre of all the civilians, burnt the city down, destroyed all the monuments built by the ancestors of Baharam Shah. The carnage continued for seven days, when Alauddin returned to 376:. Notwithstanding, the Ghaznavids and Seljuks continue to control large parts of Khurasan during the early 12th century. However, in the later part of the twelfth century, when influence of both the Ghaznavids and Seljuks began to wane, another 331:
and extracted some ransom from Khusrau Malik, along with capturing some of his territories before the third successive invasion in which Khusrau Malik surrendered after a short siege and was assured of safety to present himself to
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up to the sea coast by 1182. He did not attack Lahore for three years, before marching again in 1185. During this raid, Muhammad sacked Lahore and the neighbouring rural areas, followed by the annexation of
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was allowed to survive". Thus, the Ghaznavid dynasty got eradicated, ending their preceding rule of two centuries and the long-standing rivalry with the
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who replused a Ghaznavid invasion during his reign. Khusrau Malik, thus dispatched an envoy for peacemaking and sent his son Malik Shah along with a
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considered the account of Minhaj as more accurate and placed the Ghuzz invasion of Ghazni during Khusrau Shah reign when the Ghuzz's raided
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by regaining Ghazni. Sayf al-Din was later torturously executed along with other prominent member of the Ghurids. His brother
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after a prolong struggle and annexed Ghazni  along with most of the eastern Afghanistan to the Ghurid domains in 1173.
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A slightly different account of Ibn al-Athir claimed that, Khusrau Malik after surrendering Lahore was allowed to live in
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in the later twelfth century. Prince Muhammad (then Shahabuddin) raided several times before finally defeating the
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Muhammad of Ghor made two brief incursions into the Ghaznavid domains earlier in the course of which he plundered
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There is a slight contradiction among the contemporaneous chroniclers regarding the Ghuzz's conquest of Ghazni.
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and his son spent several years in confinement before being executed in 1192 or thereabouts. According to the
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and subsequently executed Prithviraj. Muhammad and his slaves by turn of the century overran most of the
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The Later Ghaznavids ; Splendour and Decay: The Dynasty in Afghanistan and Northern India 1040-1186
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Politics and Society During the Early Medieval Period: Collected Works of Professor Mohammad Habib
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collaboratively stated that Lahore was captured by Muhammad in final attempt by a manoeuvre.
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laid siege to the Ghurid stronghold in Sialkot. However, the well equipped garrison under
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and the pillage of his capital, lead Khusrau Malik to retaliate, who aided by the
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Meanwhile, Muhammad through a different direction then Malik Shah, advanced from
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The rivalry between the Ghaznavids and the Ghurids  reached the crux, when
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After the fall of the Ghaznavids, Muhammad now held his sway over most of the
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with an army of 20,000 troopers and besieged Khusrau Malik who according to
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where they both were executed in 1191, extinguishing the Ghaznavid lineage.
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forced him to turn back after an abortive attempt to recapture Sialkot.
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Muhammad was crowned at Ghazni in 1173. Soon after, he marched from the
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who vastly expanded his empire began to lose their western domains in
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Meanwhile, the Ghurids were on a historic rise under the reign of
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of the Ghaznavids and Seljuks) were emerging in their influence.
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considered the account of Ibn-al Athir as more credible. While,
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after their conquest of Ghazni in 1173 but were dissuaded by
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rose from his "careless sleep", when Muhammad captured the
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which were of  strategic importance in the pathway to
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All three contemporaneous account of the subjugation of
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as a token of submission and allegiance to the Ghurids.
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stated that, "His throne was tottering from attacks of
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after avenging his earlier defeat against him in the
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Kishore. p. 155. 476:against an alliance of the 474:completely routed in Sirohi 1519: 1478:Military history of Lahore 410:in 1151, Baharam Shah was 368:after their defeat in the 249:Location within South Asia 18: 1085:History of the Chāhamānas 217: 204: 162: 145: 47: 39: 16:Ghurid conquest of Lahore 612:The encroachment of the 470:capturing Multan and Uch 356:soon after the death of 756:and later expanded the 750:Second Battle of Tarain 693:Ghiyath al-Din Muhammad 682:Ghiyath al-Din Muhammad 654:Mohammad Qasim Firishta 400:Battle of Ghazni (1148) 338:Ghiyath al-Din Muhammad 1375:. 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Ahmed Shah Abdali
Siege of Lahore (1761)
Indian campaigns of Muhammad of Ghor
Lahore
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Ghurid
Muhammad of Ghor
Lahore
Punjab
Ghaznavids
Aftermath
Ghaznavids
Ghurids
Khusrau Malik
Surrendered
POW
POW
Muhammad of Ghor
Husain Kharmil
Lahore is located in South Asia
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Lahore is located in Pakistan
military expedition
Ghurids
Muhammad of Ghor
Lahore
Ghaznavid
Khusrau Malik
Lahore
Muhammad of Ghor

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