Babur's First Indian Expedition

Babur's First Indian Expedition
Part of Campaigns of Babur

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa & Federally Administered Tribal Areas
DateJanuary – March 1505 CE
Location
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa & FATA, Pakistan
Result Delhi Sultanate victory
Belligerents
Timurids of Kabul Delhi Sultanate
Commanders and leaders
Babur Mahmud Lodi
Ibrahim Lodi

Babur's First Indian Expedition in 1505 was the first incursion toward India by Babur, later founder of the Mughal Empire. Marching from Kabul via Badam Cheshmeh (Surobi district) and Jagdalak to Adinapur Jalalabad). His younger brother, Nasir Mirza, joined him there.

He advanced through the Khyber region into Kohat, Bannu, Desht (Daman), and along the Gomal River near the Takht-e-Sulaiman. The campaign combined reconnaissance and punitive raids against Afghan tribes, marked by plunder and reprisals, before Babur returned to Kabul via Ghazni in May 1505.

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