Siege of Chittorgarh (1303)
| Siege of Chittorgarh | |||||||||
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| Part of Wars between the Kingdom of Mewar and the Delhi Sultanate | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Delhi Sultanate | Guhila dynasty | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
| Alauddin Khalji |
Ratnasimha Rana Lakhan † Ari Singh † | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| Unknown | 3,000 or 30,000 killed | ||||||||
In 1303, the Delhi Sultanate ruler Alauddin Khalji captured the Chittor Fort from the Guhila king Ratnasimha, after an eight month long siege. The conflict has been described in several legendary accounts, including the historic epic poem Padmavat, which claims that Alauddin's motive was to obtain Ratnasimha's beautiful wife Padmavati.