Major conflict1658
Battle of Samugarh
Samugarh · near Agra · Uttar Pradesh
Estimated casualties
Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.
The decisive battle of the Mughal war of succession, fought 29 May 1658 near Agra, in which Aurangzeb defeated his elder brother and heir-apparent Dara Shikoh, opening Aurangzeb's path to the imperial throne.
Belligerents2
- Aurangzeb's faction (Mughal Empire)
- Dara Shikoh's faction (Mughal Empire)
Sources
- Wikipedia: Battle of Samugarh
- Jadunath Sarkar, History of Aurangzib
- Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0
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