Atlas of Battles

commander, 4 engagements

Battles of Akbar

Battles of Akbar

the third and greatest Mughal emperor from 1556 to 1605, 1542 to 1605

Akbar is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas between 1556 and 1575: 2 battles and 2 sieges, all in present-day India. Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,960 km apart end to end, 653 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Mughal Empire (1).

Battle of PanipatSiege of ChittorgarhSiege of RanthamboreBattle of TukaroiBattle of PanipatSiege of ChittorgarhSiege of RanthamboreBattle of TukaroiNew DelhiDhakaAhmedabadSuratKanpurJaipurNagpurPatnaBhopalVaranasi500 km25.681N, 80.966E
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1556: 1 engagements1 in 15561567: 1 engagements1 in 15671568: 1 engagements1 in 15681575: 1 engagements1 in 157515561575
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Panipat, 1556Siege of Chittorgarh, 1567Siege of Ranthambore, 1568Battle of Tukaroi, 157515561575
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
5 November 1556Battle of PanipatPanipat, IndiaMughal Empire victory
20 October 1567Siege of ChittorgarhChittorgarh Fort, India551 km SWMughal victory
8 February 1568Siege of RanthamboreRanthambore Fort, India221 km NESigning of the Mughal–Bundi treaty
3 March 1575Battle of TukaroiIndia1,188 km EMughal victory; Treaty of Katak

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, 1605 artist, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.