siege, early modern

Siege of Ahmednagar

Name: Siege of Ahmednagar
Location: Ahilyanagar, India

Siege of Ahmednagar was a siege conducted in 1561 at Ahilyanagar, in what is now India; it ran into the following year. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Ahilyanagar. The recorded result: Ahmednagar victory.

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Fought1561ran into the following year

WhereAhilyanagar, India19.083N, 74.733E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeAhmednagar victory

Belligerents22px Ahmednagar Sultanate; Supported by; border|22px Qutub Shahi dynasty; Berar SultanateagainstVijayanagara Empire; Supported by; Bijapur Sultanate; Berar Sultanate; Bidar Sultanate

Record

Date	1561 (year precision) to 1562
Place	Ahilyanagar, India 19.083N, 74.733E
Kind	Siege, early modern
Territorial change	The allied forces failed to capture Ahmednagar Fort
Commanders	Hussain Nizam Shah I Murtaza Nizam Shah I Sabaji Koli Ibrahim Quli Qutb Shah Wali Darya Imad Shah	Rama Raya Ali Adil Shah I Burhan Imad Shah Ali Barid Shah I

Placed at Ahilyanagar; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Siege of Ahmednagar 1803, 2.6 km NE
Battle of Ashta date unknown, 56 km SE
Siege of Bahadur Benda 1787, 64 km S
Battle of Koregaon 1818, 86 km SW
Battle of Uruli 1762, 92 km SW

Elsewhere in 1561

Siege of Ahmednagar is one of 1,470 engagements of the 16th century in the atlas and one of 376 in present-day India.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q135005434, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Ahmednagar (1561–1562), revision 1370738530, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.