Subcontinent · 1739
Battle of Karnal
Nadir Shah crushed the Mughal army in a few hours, then sacked Delhi and carried off the Peacock Throne and the Koh-i-Noor. Mughal power never recovered.
Key facts
- When
- 1739
- Where
- Karnal, Haryana, India
- Sides
- Iran under Nadir Shah vs Mughal Empire
- Commanders
- Nadir Shah vs Muhammad Shah
- Result
- Iranian victory
- Type
- Subcontinent
- Chapter
- 4. Al-Andalus and the Subcontinent
The wider picture: Three gunpowder empires
Mehmed II took Constantinople in 1453. Selim I conquered Egypt in 1517 and the caliphate passed to the Ottomans. Suleiman won at Mohacs in 1526, and a second siege of Vienna failed in 1683. Further east, Safavid Iran and the Mughals of India ruled at the same time.
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