battle, early modern

Battle of Sammel

Name: Battle of Sammel
Location: India

Battle of Sammel was a battle fought in 1544 in what is now India. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at its recorded location. The recorded result: Sur victory.

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Fought1544

WhereIndia26.200N, 73.940E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeSur victory

BelligerentsSur Empireagainst25px Kingdom of Marwar

Casualties and lossesThousandsand4,000–12,000

Record

Date	1544 (year precision)
Place	India 26.200N, 73.940E
Kind	Battle, early modern
Territorial change	Bikaner and Merta freed from Maldeo and restored to Kalyanmal and Biramdev by Sher Shah.; Ajmer, Jodhpur, Bhangasar, Pali, Phalodi, Sojat, Jalore, Nagaur and territories up to Abu annexed by the Sur Empire.
Strength	80,000 horsemen; Unknown number of infantry artillery war-elephants and Camel corps	4,000–12,000 Rathore horsemen and archers
Casualties and losses	Thousands	4,000–12,000
Commanders	Sher Shah Suri Islam Shah Suri Khawas Khan Marwat Isa Khan Niazi

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

Battle of Kharda 1795, 98 km SW
Battle of Haldighati 1576, 147 km S
Siege of Chittorgarh 1567, 162 km SE
Siege of Chittorgarh 1303, 162 km SE
Siege of Siwana 1308, 165 km W

Elsewhere in 1544

Battle of Sammel 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 Q4872257, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Sammel, revision 1382029623, 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.