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The Afsharid Persian emperor Nader Shah's invasion of the Mughal Empire (1738–40) dealt a heavy blow to the Mughals, but after Nader Shah's death in 1747, Ahmed Shah Abdali, the founder of the Durrani Empire declared independence from Persia. Four years later, this new Afghan state came into conflict with the Sikh alliance.
The Sikhs laid siege to the city. After a week, the Governor agreed to pay 30,000 rupees to the Sikhs. Ahmed Shah Abdali returned from Delhi in March 1761 after defeating Marathas in Third Battle of Panipat with much gold and more than 22,000 girls as prisoners who were to be sold to the Afghans in Kabul. When Abdali was crossing the river Beas ...
In 1767, Ahmad Shah Durrani Invaded India for the eight time, while Ahamed Shah was crossing the river Beas, his passage was obstructed by Sikhs, On January 1767, Ahmad Shah Durrani wrote letters to the Sardars, Jassa Singh Ahluwalia Khushal Singh Singhpuria, Jhanda Singh Dhillon to the effect that if they were desirous of entering his service ...
During the year 1764, the Sikh Misls greatly expanded their territory over the region of Punjab, and other North Indian subcontinent regions. [1] [2] This greatly weakened Durrani rule over Punjab which forced Ahmad Shah Abdali to launch a 7th invasion into India.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 31 January 2025. Sikh-Afghan battle Battle of Pipli Sahib Part of Afghan–Sikh Wars and Indian campaign of Ahmad Shah Durrani Date 17 October 1762 Location Amritsar Result Disputed Belligerents Dal Khalsa Durrani Empire Commanders and leaders Jassa Singh Ahluwalia Charat Singh Other Notable Leaders ...
[4] [5] When Ahmad Shah reached Lahore, he sent a military detachment to sack the town of Amritsar, which destroyed the Harmandir Sahib and massacred the Sikh population. [6] [5] In May 1757, Ahmad Shah appointed Timur Shah as Governor of Lahore, with Jahan Khan as his deputy, and ordered Timur Shah to chastise the Sikhs.
The Sikhs lay wreck on the Lahore region and Jalandhar Doab during July and August of the same year (1762), Ahmad Shah Abdali was powerless to stop them. [8] The Sikh warriors did not forget the local residents of the villages of Kup, Rahira, Kutba, and Bahmania turning away and even slaughtering pleading Sikhs seeking shelter with them. [36]
After Ahmad Shah's final invasion of the Punjab in 1767, he left Lahore which was re-captured by the Sikhs. For more than three decades, Sikhs consolidated their power in areas of the Punjab, though facing repeated invasion attempts from other Afghan emperors such as Timur Shah Durrani , and Zaman Shah Durrani .