Conflict: | Battle of Ghazni |
Date: | 1148 |
Place: | Ghazni, Afghanistan |
Result: | Ghurid victory |
Combatant1: | Ghurid dynasty |
Combatant2: | Ghaznavids |
Commander1: | Sayf al-Din Suri |
Commander2: | Bahram-Shah of Ghazna |
The Battle of Ghazni was fought in 1148 between the Ghurid army of Sayf al-Din Suri and the army of the Ghaznavid Sultan Bahram-Shah of Ghazna. The Ghurid ruler defeated Bahram-Shah and took the city while Bahram-Shah fled to Kurram District in present day Pakistan.[1]
Bahram-Shah returned the next year and defeated and killed Sayf al-Din Suri and retook Ghazni.[2]