Saturday, February 20, 2016

First Battle of Tarain

First Battle of Tarain

The first battle of Tarain is also known as the battle of Taraori.  This battle was fought in 1191 A.D.  In this battle Mohammad Ghori was defeated. He faced this defeat when he was on the campaigns in Northern India.  Mohammad Ghori laid the foundation of Delhi Sultanate.  He was the viceroy of Ghazni during the reign of his brother Ghiyas-ud-din.  He was the Emperor of Ghaur.  Muhammad Ghori was the younger brother of Ghiyas-ud-din. Muhammad Ghori started his campaign to invade Hindu Kingdoms in 1175 AD. It took him one decade  to Ghaznevid in Punjab areas. Muhammad was not free to give full attention to Northern India ruled by Hindu Kings.  First Muhammad won the fort of Bhatinda.  Bhatinda was the Part of Prithvi Raj Chauhan’s Kingdom.  In 1990-91 AD on the invitation of Jaichandera Muhammad taken over the Batinda fortress.fortress. Prithiraja opposed Muhammad Gori and attacked him with a great force to make him ran away. The two opposite armies met in Tarori (very near to Karnal).  Prithviraja succeeded in this battle by defeating Muhammad Gori.  In this battle Prithviraja's brother Govind Rai and Muhammad were face to face and he smashed the teeth of Govind Rai. Govind Rai also gave a serious arm injury.  Muhammad Gori was now week enough due to much blood loss.  He was very close to be captured but he was safely rescued by a Khalj Truck. The remaining numbers of Muhammad's army escaped themselves back across the Indus Valley and reached back to Ghazni.  A garrison which was left in Bhatinda was held . Muhammad again prepared himself again to attack Prithviraja reign. So, he again fought against Prithviraja in Tararoi again.  

In the next blog the Second Battle of Tarain will be discussed.


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