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
Bahram-Shah (full name:''Yamin ad-Dawlah wa Amin al-Milla Abul-Muzaffar Bahram-Shah'') (1084 – 1157) was Sultan of the Ghaznavid empire from 25 February 1117 to 1152. Son of Mas'ud III and Gawhar Khatun, sister of Sanjar, sultan of the Great Se ...
. The Ghurid ruler defeated Bahram-Shah and took the city while Bahram-Shah fled to
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
.
[Jaques 2007, p. 391]
Bahram-Shah returned the next year and defeated and killed Sayf al-Din Suri and retook Ghazni.
[Jaques 2007, p. 391]
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