Atlas of Battles

commander, 14 engagements

Battles of Babur

Battles of Babur

founder of the Mughal Empire (1526–1530), 1483 to 1531

Babur is recorded as a commander at 14 placed engagements in the atlas between 1494 and 1529: 10 battles and 4 sieges across 4 present-day countries, most in Uzbekistan (6), India (4), Afghanistan (3). Taken in date order, the sites lie 5,693 km apart end to end, 438 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Timurid Wars of Succession (3), Mughal Empire (2).

Siege of SamarkandBattle of Sar-e-PulBattle of AkhsiSiege of KabulBattle of Qalat-i-GhilzaiBattle of Ab Darrah PassBattle of GhazdewanBajaur massacreBattle of ChanderiSiege of SamarkandSiege of SamarkandBattle of PanipatBattle of KhanwaBattle of GhaghraSiege of SamarkandSiege of SamarkandBattle of PanipatBattle of KhanwaBattle of GhaghraTehranÜrümqiKabulTashkentDubaiDelhiDhakaKarachiLahoreAhmedabad1000 km33.565N, 74.350E
14 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1494: 1 engagements1497: 1 engagements1501: 2 engagements2 in 15011503: 1 engagements1504: 1 engagements1505: 1 engagements1511: 1 engagements1512: 1 engagements1519: 1 engagements1526: 1 engagements1527: 1 engagements1528: 1 engagements1529: 1 engagements14941529
14 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Siege of Samarkand, 1494Siege of Samarkand, 1497Siege of Samarkand, 1501Battle of Sar-e-Pul, 1501Battle of Akhsi, 1503Siege of Kabul, 1504Battle of Qalat-i-Ghilzai, 1505Battle of Ab Darrah Pass, 1511Battle of Ghazdewan, 1512Bajaur massacre, 1519Battle of Panipat, 1526Battle of Khanwa, 1527Battle of Chanderi, 1528Battle of Ghaghra, 152914941529
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1494Siege of SamarkandSamarkand, UzbekistanSamarkand victory
April 1497Siege of SamarkandSamarkand, Uzbekistan0 km NVictory of Babur
1501Siege of SamarkandSamarkand, Uzbekistan0 km NInitial Mughal victory, Uzbek victory for second time
1501Battle of Sar-e-PulTransoxiana, Uzbekistan401 km NWUzbek victory
1503Battle of AkhsiTransoxiana, Uzbekistan0 km NDecisive Uzbeks become the dominant force in Transoxiana
1504Siege of KabulKabul, Afghanistan990 km SETimurid victory
1505Battle of Qalat-i-GhilzaiQalat, Afghanistan342 km SWTimurid victory
1511Battle of Ab Darrah PassPanjshir Valley, Afghanistan424 km NETimurid victory
1512Battle of GhazdewanGijduvan, Uzbekistan683 km NWUzbek victory
1519Bajaur massacreBajaur District, Pakistan852 km SETimurid victory
1 May 1526Battle of PanipatPanipat, India781 km SEMughal victory
1527Battle of KhanwaAgra, India269 km SMughal victory
January 1528Battle of ChanderiChanderi, India266 km SMughal victory
6 May 1529Battle of GhaghraGhaghara River, India685 km EMughal victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, c.1650, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.