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For those of you who don't know the Second Battle of Panipat was fought between the forces of Akbar, the Mughal Claimant to the throne of India, and Hemu Vikramaditya, who had crowned himself Emperor of Hindustan a month before the battle occurred.
Now, otl, the battle was going in Hemu's favour before he took an arrow to the eye that wounded him, and caused him to leave the field, following his departure, his army broke and Akbar ended up winning, and the rest as they say is history.
But what if Hemu never takes an arrow to the eye and instead remains on the field leading his men to victory?
Now, there are two ways for this to play out, either Hemu is able to capture Bairam Khan and Akbar, in which case, I imagine both men will be executed and the Mughal cause is dead in the water or, Akbar and Bairam Khan manage to flee to Kabul, in which case Hemu may need to go to Kabul to finish them off again.
Let's say that option one happens, Bairam Khan and Akbar are captured and executed. The Mughal cause is on the rocks, does Hemu advance onto Kabul to bring Afghanistan firmly onto his side?
If so, does this provide him with a more solid base of support? Especially as from what I can work out, the Afghan soldiers and nobles who'd initially joined him had become quite loyal to him over the course of his campaigns.
The other issue is of course Adil Shah Suri, who otl didn't die until 1557. One imagines that here Hemu would need to see him removed to ensure that he doesn't face any issues.
Once he's done that I imagine he'll turn his attention to the Rajputs, perhaps using marriage to ensure they remain loyal.
Your thoughts as always are welcome
For more info on Panipat:
Now, otl, the battle was going in Hemu's favour before he took an arrow to the eye that wounded him, and caused him to leave the field, following his departure, his army broke and Akbar ended up winning, and the rest as they say is history.
But what if Hemu never takes an arrow to the eye and instead remains on the field leading his men to victory?
Now, there are two ways for this to play out, either Hemu is able to capture Bairam Khan and Akbar, in which case, I imagine both men will be executed and the Mughal cause is dead in the water or, Akbar and Bairam Khan manage to flee to Kabul, in which case Hemu may need to go to Kabul to finish them off again.
Let's say that option one happens, Bairam Khan and Akbar are captured and executed. The Mughal cause is on the rocks, does Hemu advance onto Kabul to bring Afghanistan firmly onto his side?
If so, does this provide him with a more solid base of support? Especially as from what I can work out, the Afghan soldiers and nobles who'd initially joined him had become quite loyal to him over the course of his campaigns.
The other issue is of course Adil Shah Suri, who otl didn't die until 1557. One imagines that here Hemu would need to see him removed to ensure that he doesn't face any issues.
Once he's done that I imagine he'll turn his attention to the Rajputs, perhaps using marriage to ensure they remain loyal.
Your thoughts as always are welcome
For more info on Panipat:
Second Battle of Panipat - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org