Mongol invasions of India

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historical event invasion military campaign

The Mongol invasions of India were a series of repeated incursions by Mongol forces into the Indian subcontinent between the 13th and 14th centuries, which posed a major military threat to North Indian kingdoms and especially to the Delhi Sultanate.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Mongol invasion of 1257–1258 in Punjab	1
Mongol invasion of the Indus Valley (1221)	1
Mongol raid on Multan (1241)	1

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical event ⓘ invasion ⓘ military campaign ⓘ
cause	Mongol expansion into Central and South Asia ⓘ
conflictWith	Delhi Sultanate ⓘ North Indian kingdoms ⓘ
describedBySource	Isami ⓘ Persian chronicles of the Delhi Sultanate ⓘ Ziauddin Barani ⓘ
effect	expansion of standing army under Alauddin Khalji ⓘ fortification of Delhi ⓘ increased taxation to fund defense ⓘ population displacement in North-West India ⓘ
endTime	14th century ⓘ
hasPart	Mongol invasions of India self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Mongol invasion of 1257–1258 in Punjab Mongol invasion of 1297–1298 ⓘ Mongol invasion of 1297–1298 ⓘ surface form: Mongol invasion of 1299–1300 Mongol invasion of 1303 ⓘ Mongol invasion of 1305 ⓘ Mongol invasion of 1306 ⓘ Mongol invasion of 1327–1328 ⓘ Mongol invasions of India self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Mongol invasion of the Indus Valley (1221) Mongol invasions of India self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Mongol raid on Multan (1241) Sack of Lahore (1241) ⓘ
historicalPeriod	medieval India ⓘ
location	South Asia ⓘ surface form: Indian subcontinent northern India ⓘ surface form: North India
mainBelligerent	Delhi Sultanate ⓘ Mongol Empire ⓘ
notableCommander	Alauddin Khalji ⓘ Duwa Khan ⓘ Genghis Khan ⓘ Ghiyas ud din Balban ⓘ Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq ⓘ surface form: Ghiyas ud din Tughlaq Jalal-ud-din Khalji ⓘ Qutlugh Khwaja ⓘ Tarmashirin ⓘ
opponent	Khalji dynasty ⓘ surface form: Khalji dynasty of Delhi Mamluk dynasty of Delhi ⓘ Tughlaq dynasty ⓘ surface form: Tughlaq dynasty of Delhi
partOf	Mongol conquests ⓘ
relatedTo	Chagatai Khanate ⓘ Delhi Sultanate ⓘ Mongol Empire ⓘ
result	Mongol incursions repelled by Delhi Sultanate ⓘ heavy devastation in frontier regions ⓘ strengthening of Delhi Sultanate military organization ⓘ
significantPlace	Delhi ⓘ Indus River basin ⓘ surface form: Indus River region Lahore NERFINISHED ⓘ Multan ⓘ Punjab ⓘ surface form: Punjab region Sindh ⓘ
startTime	13th century ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Delhi Sultanate → conflict → Mongol invasions of India ⓘ

Mongol invasions of India → hasPart → Mongol invasions of India self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mongol invasion of the Indus Valley (1221)

Mongol invasions of India → hasPart → Mongol invasions of India self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mongol raid on Multan (1241)

Mongol invasions of India → hasPart → Mongol invasions of India self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mongol invasion of 1257–1258 in Punjab