Battle of Saraswati

Battle of Saraswati
Date1320
Location
Saraswati, a place on route between Dipalpur and Delhi
Result Tughluq victory
Belligerents
Malik Tughluq's forces Khokhars Khusrau Khan's forces
Commanders and leaders
Malik Tughluq Khusrau Khan
Strength
Unknown 40,000 cavalry
Casualties and losses
Unknown Unknown

The Battle of Saraswati was fought between two factions of the Delhi Sultanate in 1320, on the Delhi-Dipalpur route, at a place called Saraswati (or Sasuti), whose modern location is uncertain.

Khusrau Khan, who had usurped the throne of Delhi, sent an army against a rebel faction led by Ghazi Malik Tughluq, the governor of Dipalpur. Tughluq's forces decisively defeated the imperial army, and Tughluq subsequently ascended the throne of Delhi under the regnal name Ghiyath al-Din.

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