Regional1757

Battle of Delhi

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India

Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

Battle of Delhi (1757), part of the Indian Campaigns of Ahmed Shah. Afghanistan defeated Mughal Empire. Battle followed by a massacre.

Belligerents2

Afghanistan
Mughal Empire

ON THE MAPDurrani EmpireMughal Empire (Late)

Conflict graph

PART OFAhmad Shah Durrani's campaigns

Sources

HCED — Miller & Bakar (2023), Historical Conflict Event Dataset, J. Conflict Resolution 67(2-3)
Jaques, Dictionary of Battles and Sieges (HCED primary source)

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