![]() ![]() The family of the vanquished offers him the fabled Kohinoor diamond in gratitude for sparing their lives. ![]() The prince remains outside the town, guarding the roads and preventing his troops from plundering the inhabitants.ĭuring the siege, he defeats the forces of the King of Gwalior Bikramjit (an ally of the Afghans). He lays siege to the fort awaiting his father’s arrival. Humayun proceeds to the region of Agra, the second capital of the Afghans. Siege of Agra (): In the same year, on the orders of his father, Babur. Babur’s use of firearms is said to be have been one of the vital factors in the decisive outcome.ģ. In spite of the Afghans outnumbering the Gurkhanis by 1 to 10. The battle is recorded to have been won by noon. Humayun supported by his father’s trusted generals forms the inner right wing of the army. First Battle of Panipat (12 April 1526): A month later in the battle that paved the way for Gurkani supremacy in Hindustan. The region held immense strategic value during the time of the early Gurkhani regents for the road it possessed connecting Delhi to Afghanistan – from where the Gurkanis recruited their primary manpower.Ģ. Babur later gifts the region to Humayun and he on his own coronation to Kamran, his younger half-brother. Battle of Hissar Firoza (26 February 1526): An eighteen-year-old Humayun makes his debut in the theatre of war with a decisive win over his Afghan opponent Hamid Khan in the region of Hisar Firoza (now in present-day Haryana, India). Humayun the merciful: List of Humayun’s battles.ġ.
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