Battle of the Malandari Pass (1586)

Battle of the Malandari Pass (1586)
Part of Mughal–Afghan Wars

Battle of Malandari Monument in Buner
Date16 February 1586
Location
Buner, Between Karakar Pass and Malandari Pass (in present day Pakistan)
Result Afghan Yousufzai victory
Belligerents

Afghan people

Mughal Empire
Commanders and leaders
Kalu Khan Yousafzai
Mirwais Khan		 Birbal †
Zain Khan Koka
Strength
Unknown 20,000
Casualties and losses
Unknown 8,000 (Badayuni's claim) with 500 officers killed.

The Battle of the Malandari Pass was fought on 16 February 1586 in what is now the Buner District in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province. The army of the Mughal Empire, led by Raja Birbal, was ambushed by Pashtun Yusufzai tribesmen, led by Malik Kalu Khan Yousafzai. It was one of the greatest defeats of Mughal history and under the reign of Akbar the Great.

Birbal is believed to have died in the battle alongside around 8,000 Mughal soldiers.


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