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| Battle of Sammel | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Sur Empire |
 Kingdom of Marwar | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Sher Shah Suri Jalal Khan Khawas Khan Marwat Isa Khan Niazi |
Jaita Rathore † Kumpa Rathore † | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
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80,000 horsemen[2][1] Unknown number of infantry artillery war-elephants and Camel corps[1] | 4,000–12,000 Rathore horsemen and archers[1][2] | ||||||||
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| Thousands[3] | 4,000–12,000[1] | ||||||||
The Battle of Sammel, also known as the Battle of Giri-Sumel, took place in 1544. It was fought near the villages of Giri and Sumel, between the Afghan Sur Dynasty under Sher Shah Suri and the Rathore army led by the commanders Jaita and Kumpa of Rao Maldeo Rathore.
- ^ a b c d e f g Hooja, Rima (2006). A history of Rajasthan. Rupa and Company. pp. 526–529. ISBN 9788129115010.
80,000 cavalry, besides infantry, artillery, war-elephants and possibly a camel corps, was ready for the campaign against Maldeo........4,000 cavalry according to some sources and less than 12,000 cavalry and archers according to others, Jaita, Kumpa and other loyal warriors of Marwar attacked the centre of Sher Shah's army.......Jalal Khan backed by the superiority of numbers and guns, eventually decimated the attackers and ensured victory for Sher Shah.
- ^ a b Chandra 2005, p. 80.
- ^ Majumdar, R.C. (2020). an advanced history of Rajasthan. Trinity Press. p. 432.
Jeta and Kumpa, with their followers, opposed Sher Shah's army and fought with desperate valour, but only to meet a warriors death. Sher Shah won a victory, though at a great cost, with a loss of several thousand Afghans on the battlefield and coming close to losing his empire.