siege, early modern

Siege of Mandu

Name: Siege of Mandu
Start: 1518-01-06
Location: Mandu, India

Siege of Mandu was a siege conducted on 6 January 1518 at Mandu, in what is now India; it lasted 48 days. The recorded result: Gujarat Sultanate victory. Recorded strength: Gujarat: 20,000; Malwa: Unknown; Khandesh: Unknown against 40,000.

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Fought6 January 1518lasted 48 days

WhereMandu, India22.357N, 75.393E

OutcomeGujarat Sultanate victory

BelligerentsGujarat Sultanate; Malwa Sultanate; Khandesh SultanateagainstPurbiya Rajputs

Record

Date	6 January 1518 to 23 February 1518
Place	Mandu, India 22.357N, 75.393E
Kind	Siege, early modern
Territorial change	Mandu captured by the Gujarat Sultanate
Strength	Gujarat: 20,000; Malwa: Unknown; Khandesh: Unknown	40,000
Casualties and losses	Gujarat: 10,000	Total 40,000 Rajputs were killed, including 19,000 soldiers with 57 sardars, while the remainder perished in jauhar.
Commanders	Muzaffar Shah II Mahmud Khalji II Bahadur Shah of Gujarat

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Ujjain 1801, 88 km N
Battle of Mahidpur 1817, 129 km N
Siege of Mandsaur 1520, 189 km N
Battle of Mandsaur 1733, 189 km N
Battle of Sondani AD 528, 194 km N

Elsewhere in 1518

Siege of Mandu is one of 1,390 engagements of the 16th century in the atlas and one of 354 in present-day India.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q141532625, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Mandu (1518), revision 1374268922, 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.