| Battle of Beas River (1285) | |||||||
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South Asian polities, circa 1250 CE, and approximate location of the Battle of Beas River.[1] | |||||||
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TheBattle of Beas River took place between theChagatai Khanate and theMamluk Sultanate of Delhi on 9 March 1285.Ghiyas ud din Balban arranged a military defense line across theBeas River as part of his "blood and iron" fortification chain strategy atMultan andLahore as a countermeasure against the Chagatai Khanate invasion. Balban managed to repulse the invasion. However, his son Muhammad Khan was slain in battle.[2][3][4][5]
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