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Iltutmish's conquest of Qubacha

Type Event Region India Time 1227

In 1227 CE, Delhi Sultan Iltutmish, after pacifying the Iylazi in Punjab, marched south against Nasir al-Din Qubacha, who held Sind and Multan;…

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  1. 1227Delhi · IndiaAfter defeating the Iylazi in 1226, Iltutmish organized a second large-scale western campaign the following year, targeting Qubacha, who held Multan and Sind. Qubacha had formerly been a Ghurid commander and long refused to submit to Delhi.
  2. 1227Mansura · SindIltutmish's forces captured the Multan fortress in succession, then advanced into Mansura, the capital of Sind. Qubacha's army could not hold out and he drowned in the Indus River during his retreat, and his breakaway regime collapsed with him.
  3. 1227Sind · SindAfter Qubacha's death, Iltutmish appointed governors in Sind and Multan and rebuilt the tax and military-administrative systems; all major breakaway forces in northwest India were pacified, and the Delhi Sultanate's borders reached the lower Indus.

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