What the records say
- When
- 29 Dec 1241
- Kind
- Siege
- Coordinates
- 31.55° N, 74.34° E
- Description
- 1241 siege during the Mongol invasions of India
Siege of Lahore (1241)
Siege during the Mongol invasions of India
The Siege of Lahore took place on 22 December 1241, during the winter phase of the Mongol incursions into the Indian subcontinent. The siege took place in Lahore, a principal urban centre in present-day Pakistan, and involved forces of the Mongol Empire under the commanded of Tair Bahadur and the Delhi Sultanate, represented by Malik Ikhtyaruddin Qaraqash, the Sultanate's governor of Lahore.
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