The Chagatai ruler Duwa launched numerous attacks on Punjab and Delhi regions in the 1290s and 1300s, ending only with his death. It appears to have been a major preoccupation of his rule, compared to his weaker predecessors who followed the powerful general Kaidu in warring with Yuan China over...
At the Battle of Kili, Zafar Khan, a general of the Delhi Sultanate, attacked the Mongol forces without Alauddin's permission. When he found himself surrounded, Alauddin refused to send him support. Seeing an opportunity, the Mongol commander Qutlugh Khwaja offered to let Zafar join forces with...
What if the Chagatai Khanate had defeated the Delhi Sultanate at the Battle of Kili? Could it have opened the way for Mongol conquests in the Indian subcontinent?