Skirmish at Pipli

Skirmish at Pipli
Part of the Prelude to the Dano-Mughal War

A large Mughal encampment, 1815
Date1640
Location
Result Mughal victory
Territorial
changes
Danish factory at Pipli disestablished
Belligerents
Mughal Empire  Danish India
Commanders and leaders
Mirza Mumin Danish India Poul Nielsen (POW)
Units involved
Great Mogul's troops Danish India Sepoys from Tranquebar
Strength
300 men Minor
Casualties and losses
Unknown Many Danes imprisoned

The Skirmish at Pipli (Danish; Træfningen ved Pipli) or more formally the Destruction of the Danish factory at Pipli, was one of the two recorded land confrontations between the Danish East India Company and the Mughal Empire during the Dano-Mughal War. The Skirmish was a Mughal punitive expidition in retalition for the Danish arrest of a Persian merchant. The Skirmish ended in a Mughal victory, and the Danish factory in Pipli was destroyed and burned down.


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