battle, early modern

Bengali conquest of Chittagong

Name: Bengali conquest of Chittagong
Location: Bangladesh

Bengali conquest of Chittagong was a battle fought in 1512 in what is now Bangladesh. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at its recorded location. The recorded result: Bengal victory; Kingdom of Mrauk U returns to being a vassal of the Bengal Sultanate.

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Fought1512

WhereBangladesh22.917N, 91.500E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeBengal victory; Kingdom of Mrauk U returns to being a vassal of the Bengal Sultanate

BelligerentsBengal SultanateagainstKingdom of Mrauk U

Record

Date	1512 (year precision)
Place	Bangladesh 22.917N, 91.500E
Kind	Battle, early modern
Territorial change	Bengali sovereignty over Chittagong and Northern Arakan
Commanders	Alauddin Husain Shah Nasiruddin Nasrat Shah Paragal Khan	Min Raza of Mrauk-U Gazapati Min Saw O Thazata

Placed at its recorded location; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Siege of Chittagong 1617, 73 km SE
Battle of Dhalai 1971, 149 km N
Battle of the Admin Box 1944, 241 km SE
Battle of Kamalpur 1971, 304 km NW
Battle of Hilli 1971, 305 km NW

Elsewhere in 1512

Bengali conquest of Chittagong is one of 1,390 engagements of the 16th century in the atlas and one of 9 in present-day Bangladesh.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q29025861, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Bengal–Mrauk U War (1512–1516), revision 1370604136, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.