| Siege of Jalalabad | |||||||
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| Part of Mughal-Sikh Wars | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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&sq=crain_ford&lang=en&file=File:Kattar_Dhal_Talwar.png){kind=small} First Sikh State | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Jalal Khan Orakzai Dindar Ali Khan Hazbar Khan † Jamal Khan † Pir Khan † Saiyid Taj-ud-Din Barha |
Banda Singh Bahadur | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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5,400–6,400 according to Sagoo, and unknown number of Ghazis[3] 12,000 according to IHC[4] | 70,000–80,000[5] | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| High | High | ||||||
The siege of Jalalabad occurred in 1710 between the Mughal[a] forces of Jalal Khan and the Sikh forces of Banda Singh Bahadur. Banda Singh Bahadur attacked the Mughal stronghold of Jalalabad. The army opposing Banda Singh was composed of a sizeable number of the Mughal zamindars and shurafa, including many Sadat,[6] Banda Singh Bahadur repelled Mughal and Pathan forces after four days from the battlefield and back into the town, but failed to capture the town and withdrew.[7]
- ^ Sagoo 2001, p. 169-172.
- ^ Muzzafar, Alam (2013). The Crisis of Empire in Mughal North India: Awadh and Punjab, 1707-48. Oxford University Press. p. 147. ISBN 9780199082384.
The army of Jalal Khan Rohilla, Fajudar of the sarkar and Saiyid Taj-ud-Din Barha which effected a crushing defeat on the Sikhs in 1710 in Jalalabad comprised a sizeable number of zamindars along with the shurafa of the region.
- ^ Sagoo 2001, p. 170.
- ^ Indian History Congress (1961). Proceedings - Indian History Congress. p. 143.
A Saharanpur , but Jalal Khan Rohilla , many Sadat and others numbering 6,000 sawars and the same number of foot had faced them near thana Jalalabad and Muzaffarnagar , referred to a popular belief that the guru was God Shankar himself ...
- ^ Sagoo 2001, p. 171.
- ^ Congress, Indian History (1963). Proceedings, Volume 24.
- ^ Jacques, Tony (2007). Dictionary of Battles and Sieges. Greenwood Press. p. 484. ISBN 978-0-313-33536-5.
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