Draft:Siege of Vijayangara (1474)

Siege of Vijayanagara
	Part of Bahmani–Vijayanagar Wars
Date	1474 A.D
Location	Vijayanagara, present day Karnataka15°20′04″N 76°27′44″E / 15.33444°N 76.46222°E
Result	Bahmani victory
Territorial; changes	Vijayanagara annexed by Mahmud Gawan of Bahmani Sultanate.
Belligerents
Bahmani Sultanate	Vijayanagar Empire
Commanders and leaders
Mahmud Gawan	Virupaksha Raya II
Casualties and losses
Unknown	20,000 massacred by Mahmud Gawan
	class=notpageimage\| Location within Karnataka

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Instructions · What links here · Siege of Vijayangara (1474) (talk: + · bio) · (log) · Copyvios report · reFill · Citation Bot · (Search: Google, Wikipedia) · Submitted 2 days ago by Mr.Hanes (talk: D · +) · Last edited 0 seconds ago

In 1474 A.D.,^[1] after subjugating the city of Belgaum, Mahmud Gawan requested an advance permission to march towards the capital of Vijayanagara State from Muhammad Shah III.^[2] Subsequently, in the same year, he seized the capital town of Vijayanagara Empire through a siege upon it.^[3]

^ Knežević, Anto (1994). "The Case of Afanasii Nikitin: Some Remarks About a Political Friendship". Islamic Studies. 33 (4): 485–495. ISSN 0578-8072. JSTOR 20840183.
^ Sharma, M. H. Rama (1956). The History Of The Vijayanagar Empire. pp. 77–78.
^ GOPAL, M. H. (1956). THE HISTORY OF VIJAYANAGAR EMPIRE VOL.1. POPULAR PRAKASHAN,BOMBAY. pp. 77–78.

[1] Knežević, Anto (1994). "The Case of Afanasii Nikitin: Some Remarks About a Political Friendship". Islamic Studies. 33 (4): 485–495. ISSN 0578-8072. JSTOR 20840183.

[:0-2] Sharma, M. H. Rama (1956). The History Of The Vijayanagar Empire. pp. 77–78.

[:1-3] GOPAL, M. H. (1956). THE HISTORY OF VIJAYANAGAR EMPIRE VOL.1. POPULAR PRAKASHAN,BOMBAY. pp. 77–78.

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