Siege of Chittor
The Delhi sultan takes the Rajput fort of the Padmavat legend
After an eight-month siege Alauddin Khalji took the fort of Chittor from the Rajput ruler Ratnasimha. The 16th-century poem Padmavat turned the war into a legend of a sultan seeking the beautiful Queen Padmini.
Wikipedia (English) · 14th century
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- 1309–1377 Avignon Papacy — 6 years later
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Middle East
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Africa
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Oceania
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- Marco Polo (aged 49)
- Dante Alighieri (aged 38)
- Edward I Longshanks (aged 64)
- Osman I (aged 45)
- Philip IV the Fair (aged 35)
- Mansa Musa (aged 23)
- Orhan (aged 22)
- Emperor Go-Daigo (aged 15)
- Ivan Kalita (aged 15)
- Albert I (aged 48)