List of wars of succession

List of wars of succession

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=== Early Modern Asia ===
=== Early Modern Asia ===
[[File:The Battle of Samugarh.jpg|thumb|''War of 1657–61''. [[Mughal Empire|Mughal emperors]] were often overthrown by their sons, who then fought to the death against each other.{{cite book |date=2004 |orig-year=First published 1994 as ''Histoire de l'Inde Moderne'' |editor-first=Claude |editor-last=Markovits |title=A History of Modern India, 1480–1950 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uzOmy2y0Zh4C&pg=PA96 |edition=2nd |location=London |publisher=Anthem Press |page=96 |isbn=978-1-84331-004-4}}]]
[[File:The Battle of Samugarh.jpg|thumb|''War of 1657–61''. [[Mughal Empire|Mughal emperors]] were often overthrown by their sons, who then fought to the death against each other ([[takht ya takhta]]).{{cite book |date=2004 |orig-year=First published 1994 as ''Histoire de l'Inde Moderne'' |editor-first=Claude |editor-last=Markovits |title=A History of Modern India, 1480–1950 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uzOmy2y0Zh4C&pg=PA96 |edition=2nd |location=London |publisher=Anthem Press |page=96 |isbn=978-1-84331-004-4}}]]
[[File:Lord Clive meeting with Mir Jafar after the Battle of Plassey.jpg|thumb|[[Mir Jafar]] defected to the British during the [[Battle of Plassey]], being made the new nawab of Bengal as a reward.]]
[[File:Lord Clive meeting with Mir Jafar after the Battle of Plassey.jpg|thumb|[[Mir Jafar]] defected to the British during the [[Battle of Plassey]], being made the new nawab of Bengal as a reward.]]
* Khandesh war of succession (1508–1509), after the death of Sultan Ghazni Khan of the [[Farooqi dynasty]] (Sultanate of [[Khandesh]])Jayapalan (2001), p. 102.
* Khandesh war of succession (1508–1509), after the death of Sultan Ghazni Khan of the [[Farooqi dynasty]] (Sultanate of [[Khandesh]])Jayapalan (2001), p. 102.