First Battle of Panipat
battle · 1526 AD
First Battle of Panipat, a battle recorded 1526 AD: its site mapped, cited to 1 source, on an interactive historical map you can move through time.
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At a glance
- Kind
- battle
- Date
- 21 April 1526 AD
- Side 1
- Mughals — led by Babur
- Side 2
- Delhi Sultanate — led by Ibrahim Lodi
- Result
- Mughal victory; the founding of the Mughal Empire
Recorded boundaries
| Period | Control | Confidence | Evidence | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1526 AD | — | medium confidence | no observation date recorded | — |
Each row is a snapshot the source recorded, not a continuous history. The period between two observations is an inference this atlas shows rather than hides.
Sources
- Tony Jaques, Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: A Guide to 8,500 Battles from Antiquity through the Twenty-first Century, (2007)