Malik Kafur's invasion of the Pandya kingdom

Malik Kafur's invasion of the Pandyan kingdom
Possible locations of the places visited by Malik Kafur's army
Date 15 March – 25 April 1311 Location Southern India Result Delhi Sultanate Victory
Belligerents
Pandya dynasty	Delhi Sultanate
Commanders and leaders
Sundara Vira Vikrama Pandya	Malik Kafur Bahram Kara Abachi  (defector) Katla Nihang Mahmud Sartiha
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Unknown

During 1310–1311, the Delhi Sultanate ruler Alauddin Khalji sent an army led by his slave-general Malik Kafur to the southernmost kingdoms of India. After subjugating the Hoysalas, Malik Kafur invaded the Pandya kingdom (called Ma'bar in Muslim chronicles) in present-day Tamil Nadu, taking advantage of a war of succession between the Pandya brothers Vira and Sundara. During March–April 1311, he raided several places in the Pandya territory, including their capital Madurai. He was unable to make the Pandya king a tributary to the Delhi Sultanate, but obtained huge quantities of plunder, including elephants, horses, gold and precious stones.