Bajaur massacre

Bajaur massacre
Part of Campaigns of Babur
Date6–7 January 1519
Location
Bajaur, Sultanate of Swat (present-day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan)
Result Timurid victory
Belligerents
Timurids Gibarids
Commanders and leaders
Babur Sultan Haidar Ali Gibari
Casualties and losses
3,000

The Bajaur massacre or Battle of Bajaur was a military conflict waged by Babur against the Gabari Swati tribe inhabiting the Bajaur region, on 6–7 January 1519. Babur, a Timurid (and later Mughal) ruler from Fergana (in present-day Uzbekistan) who captured Kabul in 1504, launched this assault with the purpose of solidifying his authority in the Kabulistan. It took place in Bajaur, located in present-day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan on the border with Afghanistan. After capturing the Fort of Bajaur, Babur massacred at least 3,000 Bajauris, and set up a tower of their skulls, charging them of being "false to Islam."

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