battle, early modern

Battle of Qalat-i-Ghilzai

Name: Battle of Qalat-i-Ghilzai
Location: Qalat, Afghanistan

Battle of Qalat-i-Ghilzai was a battle fought in 1505 at Qalat, in what is now Afghanistan. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Qalat. The recorded result: Timurid victory.

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Fought1505

WhereQalat, Afghanistan32.106N, 66.907E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeTimurid victory

BelligerentsTimurids of KabulagainstArghun dynasty

Record

Date	1505 (year precision)
Place	Qalat, Afghanistan 32.106N, 66.907E
Kind	Battle, early modern
Commanders	Babur Jahangir Mirza II	Farrukh Arghun Kara Bilut

Placed at Qalat; 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 Kandahar 1622, 125 km SW
Battle of Kandahar 1880, 125 km SW
Siege of Kandahar 1605, 126 km SW
Fall of Kandahar 1638, 131 km SW
Siege of Kandahar 1737, 131 km SW

Elsewhere in 1505

Capture of Mers-el-Kébir Algeria
Siege of Nizhny Novgorod Russia

Battle of Qalat-i-Ghilzai is one of 1,390 engagements of the 16th century in the atlas and one of 74 in present-day Afghanistan.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q4872132, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Qalat, revision 1370586870, 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.