Atlas of Battles

commander, 5 engagements

Battles of Husain ibn Kharmil

Iranian general

Husain ibn Kharmil is recorded as a commander at 5 placed engagements in the atlas between 1186 and 1204: 3 battles and 2 sieges across 4 present-day countries, most in Turkmenistan (2), Pakistan (1), India (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 2,458 km apart end to end, 614 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Ghurid campaigns in India (2).

Siege of LahoreSecond Battle of TarainBattle of AndkhudBattle of QarasuSiege of GurganjSiege of LahoreSecond Battle of TarainBattle of AndkhudBattle of QarasuSiege of GurganjTehranKabulTashkentNew DelhiMashhadIsfahanMultanPeshawarShirazAlmaty1000 km36.053N, 68.046E
5 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1186: 1 engagements1192: 1 engagements1204: 3 engagements3 in 120411861204
5 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Siege of Lahore, 1186Second Battle of Tarain, 1192Battle of Andkhud, 1204Battle of Qarasu, 1204Siege of Gurganj, 120411861204
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1186Siege of LahoreLahore, PakistanGhurid victory; Fall of Ghaznavids
1192Second Battle of TarainTaraori, India317 km SEGhurid victory
1204Battle of AndkhudAndkhoy, Afghanistan1,355 km NWKhwarazmian victory
1204Battle of QarasuKöneürgenç, Turkmenistan786 km NWGhurid victory
1204Siege of GurganjKöneürgenç, Turkmenistan0 km SWKhwarazmian 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. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.