Bakhtiyar Khalji's Tibet campaign

Bakhtiyar Khalji's Tibet campaign
Bakhtiyar Khalji led his army through harsh terrain into the cultivated valley of mainland Kamrup and Tibet, where he met fierce resistance and a guerrilla uprising
Date 1206 Location Chumbi Valley, Tibet Result Tibetan victory
Belligerents
Khaljis of Bengal Deshi Muslims	Tibetan tribes
Commanders and leaders
Bakhtiyar Khalji Ali Mech	Tibetan tribal leaders
Strength
10,000 (approx.)[1]	Unknown
Casualties and losses
Several thousand; cavalry reduced to a few hundred	Unknown but less than Bakhtiyar.

Bakhtiyar Khalji, the general of Qutubuddin Aibak, launched a campaign to invade Tibet in the 13th century.^[2][3]

He was motivated by a desire to control the lucrative trade between Tibet and India. Tibet was a source of the most prized possession of any army, horses, and Khalji was keen to secure this route and control the trade by conquering Tibet. Musalman army commenced plundering the country around^{[citation needed]}. The people of that fort and town and the parts adjacent advanced to repel the Muslim army, and they came to a battled From daybreak to the time of evening prayer a fierce encounter was carried on, and a great number of the Musalman army were killed and wounded.^[4]