Atlas of Battles

commander, 8 engagements

Battles of Babur

Battles of Babur

founder of the Mughal Empire (1526–1530), 1483 to 1531

Babur is recorded as a commander at 8 placed engagements in the atlas between 1494 and 1529: 4 battles and 4 sieges across 3 present-day countries, most in India (4), Uzbekistan (3), Afghanistan (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 2,752 km apart end to end, 393 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Timurid Wars of Succession (2), Mughal Empire (2).

Siege of SamarkandSiege of KabulBattle of ChanderiSiege of SamarkandSiege of SamarkandBattle of PanipatBattle of KhanwaBattle of GhaghraSiege of SamarkandSiege of SamarkandBattle of PanipatBattle of KhanwaBattle of GhaghraKabulTashkentNew DelhiDhakaKarachiLahoreAhmedabadKanpurJaipurMashhad1000 km32.177N, 75.880E
8 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1494: 1 engagements1 in 14941497: 1 engagements1 in 14971501: 1 engagements1 in 15011504: 1 engagements1 in 15041526: 1 engagements1 in 15261527: 1 engagements1 in 15271528: 1 engagements1 in 15281529: 1 engagements1 in 152914941529
8 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Siege of Samarkand, 1494Siege of Samarkand, 1497Siege of Samarkand, 1501Siege of Kabul, 1504Battle of Panipat, 1526Battle of Khanwa, 1527Battle of Chanderi, 1528Battle of Ghaghra, 152914941529
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1494Siege of SamarkandSamarkand, UzbekistanSamarkand victory
April 1497Siege of SamarkandSamarkand, Uzbekistan0 km NVictory of Babur
1501Siege of SamarkandSamarkand, Uzbekistan0 km NInitial Mughal victory, Uzbek victory for second time
1504Siege of KabulKabul, Afghanistan602 km STimurid victory
1 May 1526Battle of PanipatPanipat, India931 km SEMughal victory
1527Battle of KhanwaAgra, India269 km SMughal victory
January 1528Battle of ChanderiChanderi, India266 km SMughal victory
6 May 1529Battle of GhaghraGhaghara River, India685 km EMughal victory

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, c.1650, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.