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Battle of Attock (1813)
| Battle of Attock | |||||||
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| Part of the Afghan-Sikh Wars | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
&sq=crain_ford&lang=en&file=File:Sikh_Empire_flag.jpg){kind=small} Sikh Empire |
&sq=crain_ford&lang=en&file=File:Flag_of_Herat_until_1842.svg){kind=small} Durrani Empire | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Dewan Mokham Chand Hari Singh Nalwa Sham Singh Attariwala Sultan Mahmud Khan |
Fateh Khan Barakzai Dost Mohammad Khan | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 10,000[3] | 15,000[4] | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown | 2,000[5] | ||||||
The Battle of Attock (also known as the Battle of Chuch or the Battle of Haidru) took place on 13 July 1813 between the Sikh Empire and the Durrani Empire.[6] The battle was the first significant Sikh victory over the Durranis.[2]
- ^ Anil Chandra Banerjee, The Khalsa Raj, (Abhinav Publications, 1985), 78.
- ^ a b Jaques 2006, p. 81
- ^ Gupta 1991, p. 100.
- ^ Johar, Surinder Singh (1985). The Secular Maharaja: A Biography of Maharaja Ranjit Singh. p. 125.
- ^ Gupta 1991, p. 101.
- ^ Cunningham 1918, pp. 152–153
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