| Siege of Dwarasamudra | |||||||||
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| Part of Campaigns of Malik Kafur | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Delhi Sultanate | Hoysala Empire | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
| Malik Kafur |
Veera Ballala III  | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| 10,000 | unknown | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| 0 | unknown | ||||||||
| Ballala promised to pay an annual tribute in the future. Kafur agreed to these terms, and thus the siege of Dwarasamudra was lifted without much violence | |||||||||
In late 1310, the Sultan of Delhi Alauddin Khalji sent his slave-general Malik Kafur on an expedition to the southernmost regions of India. In February 1311, Malik Kafur besieged the Hoysala capital Dwarasamudra, and the defending ruler Veera Ballala III surrendered without much resistance. Ballala agreed to pay the Delhi Sultanate an annual tribute, and surrendered a great amount of wealth, elephants and horses.