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| Battle of Hisar Firoza | |||||||
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| Part of Campaigns ofBabur | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Timurids | Delhi Sultanate | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Babur[1] Humayun | Hamid Khan | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| Unknown but fewer | Unknown but more | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
TheBattle of Hisar Firoza took place inHisar, in the state ofHaryana,India betweenZahir-ud-din Muhammad Babur and Hamid Khan on 26 February 1526. Babur[1] with his sonHumayun clashed against theAfghans under the command of Hamid Khan. It was the first battle of Humayun and he was only eighteen years old back then. Humayun had a significant victory against Hamid Khan in the battle of Hisar Firoza.[2]
Babur started conquering India around 1524–1526.Lodi dynasty, belonging to thePashtun tribe (Afghan), was ruling theDelhi Sultanate at that time. Hisar was a very significant tactical focal point forIbrahim Lodi who was the lastsultan of Delhi sultanate from the Lodi dynasty. Prior to theFirst Battle of Panipat, Babur was marching towardsPanipat to fight Ibrahim Lodi in 1526. But when Babur got to theGhaggar-Hakra River, he was informed that Hamid Khan was leading his troops fromHisar Firoza towards him. Learning the news, Babur sent his son Humayun with an adequate number of soldiers to fight Hamid Khan.[3][4]
Sultan Ibrahim Lodi sent a second army led by Hamid Khan from Hisar Firoza, which is 100 miles to the north-west ofDelhi, to weaken Babur's battle plan for Panipat. Babur went with Humayun to fight the army led by Hamid Khan on 26 February. When Humayun's army arrived near the position, Humayun sent off around 100 to 150 of his soldiers ahead of him. Hamid's army started fighting these soldiers and suddenly Humayun attacked with the rest of his army. Hamid Khan's soldiers became puzzled, they started fleeing thebattlefield. Humayun's soldiers caught around 150 men of Hamid and 7-8elephants. They beheaded almost half of the arrestees. It was Humayun's first battle as well as his first victory.[1]
On 2 March, the winning news came to Babur's camp. Babur rewarded the messenger ahorse from the royal stable. Prince Humayun came back to the camp 5 March with around 100 of the captured soldiers and the elephants. The captured men were shot dead afterwards by Babur'smatchlock men. Babur awarded thethrone of Hisar to prince Humayun after his decisive win against Hamid Khan in the battle of Hisar Firoza. With the victory, Humayun made Babur's battle of Panipat easier. Ibrahim Lodi was lost in the first battle of Panipat to Babur and was killed in 1526. With the victory of the Panipat, Babur established theMughal Empire in India.[5]