List of battles between Mughals and Sikhs

Mughal-Sikh wars
Part of the decline of the Mughal Empire

Painting of Guru Gobind Singh in battle. Illustration from a manuscript of Krishnavatar.
Date1621 – 12 March 1788
Location
North India
Belligerents
Mughal Empire Akal Sena (1621 - 1699)
Khalsa Fauj (1699 - 1748)
First Sikh State (1709-1715)
Sikh Confederacy (1748 - 1788)
Commanders and leaders

Mughal Emperors
Jahangir I
Shah Jahan I
Alamgir I
Azam Shah
Shah Alam I
Jahandar Shah
Farrukhsiyar
Rafi al-Darajat
Shah Jahan II
Muhammad Shah
Ahmad Shah
Shah Alam II Surrendered

Mughal Governors
Jalal Khan Orakzai
Kale Khan †
Qutab Khan †
Adina Beg
Wazir Khan †
Dilwaar Khan
Mian Khan
Nasar-ul-Mulk
Abd al-Samad Khan
Zakariyya Khan
Salabat Khan †
Yahya Khan
Shahnawaz Khan
Moin-ul-Mulk
Abdul Khan †
Zabardast Khan

Mughal Generals
Mukhlis Khan †
Lal Beg †
Qumer Beg †
Painde Khan †
Hussain Khan †
Nahar Khan †
Gharit Khan †
Shamas Khan
Nahid Khan  †
Din Beg  (WIA)
Zain Khan Sirhindi  †
Khwaja Muhammad  (WIA)
Muhammad Yarbeg Khan †
Ahmed Khan  †
Fateh Khan  †
Jamal Khan
 Sikh Gurus
Har Gobind
Har Rai
Gobind Singh X
Sikh Generals
Bhai Jattu
Bidhi Chand
Baba Gurditta
Bhai Sohela †
Bhatt Kirat
Bhai Desu †
Bhai Bhano
Tyag Mal Executed
Ajit Singh †
Jujhar Singh †
Bhai Daya Singh
Bhai Dharam Singh
Bhai Himmat Singh †
Bhai Mohkam Singh †
Bhai Sahib Singh †
Mata Bhag Kaur
Banda Singh Bahadur Executed
Baj Singh Executed
Binod Singh †
Bhai Mani Singh Executed
Baba Deep Singh
Baba Darbara Singh
Nawab Kapur Singh
Jassa Singh Ahluwalia
Baghel Singh
Jassa Singh Ramgarhia
Charat Singh
Sukha Singh
Haqiqat Singh Kanhaiya
Tara Singh Ghaiba
Jai Singh Kanhaiya

Many battles and campaigns between the armies of the Mughal Empire and various Sikh states took place, and started with the martyrdom of the fifth Sikh guru, Guru Arjan Dev in 1606.[citation needed]

Battles

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Conflict (Period)

Belligerents Opponents Outcome
Battle of Rohilla
(1621) 		Akal Sena Mughal Empire Sikh victory
Battle of Sangrana (1628) Akal Sena Mughal Empire Sikh victory
Battle of Amritsar (1634)
 Akal Sena Mughal Empire Sikh victory
Battle of Lahira
(1634) 		Akal Sena Mughal Empire Sikh victory
Battle of Kartarpur
(1635) 		Akal Sena Mughal Empire Sikh victory
Battle of Phagwara (1635) Akal Sena Mughal Empire Sikh victory
Battle of Kiratpur (1638) Akal Sena Mughal Empire Sikh victory
Battle of Sutlej (1652) Akal Sena Mughal Empire Sikh victory
Battle of Kiratpur (1658) Akal Sena Mughal Empire Sikh victory
Battle of Nadaun
(1691) 		Akal Sena, Kahlur State Mughal Empire Combined victory of Sikhs and Kahlur State
Battle of Anandpur (1695) Akal Sena Mughal Empire Sikh victory
Battle of Guler (1696) Akal Sena Mughal Empire Sikh victory
Battle of Anandpur (1700) Khalsa Fauj Mughal Empire, Sivalik Hills Raja's Khalsa victory
Battle of Nirmohgarh (1702) Khalsa Fauj Mughal Empire Khalsa victory
Battle of Basoli
(1702)[1] 		Khalsa Fauj Mughal Empire Khalsa victory
First battle of Chamkaur
(1702) 		Khalsa Fauj Mughal Empire, Raja's of Sivalik Hills Khalsa victory
First Battle of Anandpur (1704) Khalsa Fauj Mughal Empire Raja's of Sivalik Hills Khalsa victory
Second Siege of Anandpur (1704) Khalsa Fauj Mughal Empire Raja's of Sivalik Hills Combined victory of Mughals and Hill Rajas
  • Mughal and Hill Rajas betrayed the Sikhs and broke the vows of Allah, Quran and the cow.[2]
Battle of Sarsa
(1704) 		Khalsa Fauj Mughal Empire, Sivalik Hills Raja's Combined victory of Mughals and Hill Rajas
  • The Mughals and Hill's kings betrayed the Sikhs and broke the vows of their God and the Quran.[2]
Battle of Shahi Tibbi
(1704) 		Khalsa Fauj Mughal Empire, Sivalik Hills Raja's Khalsa victory
  • The Mughals and Shivalik Hill kings were forced to retreat and the Sikhs fought bravely along with Baba Ajit Singh and those Sikhs gained martyrdom excluding Baba Ajit Singh.
Battle of Chamkaur (1704)[3][4][5][6] Khalsa Fauj Mughal Empire Raja's of Sivalik Hills Mughal victory
Battle of Muktsar
(1705) 		Khalsa Fauj Mughal Empire Khalsa victory
  • Wazir Khan retreats
Battle of Jajau (1707)
[7][8][9][10] 		Bahadur Shah I

Khalsa Fauj

Muhammad Azam Bahadur Shah victory
  • Seeing the complex situation in Malwa, Bahadur Shah asked Guru Gobind Singh for help. The Guru sent Bhai Dharam Singh to fight with 300 soldiers. Azam Shah killed by Guru Gobind Singh and Isha Khan Main.
Battle of Amritsar (1709) Khalsa Fauj Mughal Empire Khalsa victory
Battle of Sonipat
(1709)[11] 		Khalsa Fauj Mughal Empire Khalsa victory
Battle of Samana
(1709) 		Khalsa Fauj Mughal Empire Khalsa victory
Battle of Kapuri (1709) First Sikh State Mughal Empire Khalsa victory
Battle of Sadhaura
(1710)[12][13][11][14] 		First Sikh State Mughal Empire Khalsa victory
  • Banda Singh Bahadur capture Sadhaura
Battle of Chappar Chiri
(1710) 		First Sikh State Mughal Empire Khalsa victory
Siege of Sirhind
(1710) 		First Sikh State Mughal Empire Khalsa victory
  • Establishment of Sikh rule from Lahore to the sanctum sanctorum of Delhi
  • Sucha Nand killed by Banda Singh Bahadur and thousands of Mughal soldiers killed by Sikhs and those people who are involved in martyrdom of Guru Gobind Singh younger sons (Saka Sirhind affair)
Battle of Jalalabad (1710) First Sikh State Mughal Empire Mughal victory
Siege of Kotla Begum (1710) First Sikh State Mughal Empire Khalsa victory
Battle of Bhilowal (1710) First Sikh State Mughal Empire Khalsa victory
Battle of Rahon (1710) First Sikh State Mughal Empire Khalsa victory
Battle of Thanesar (1710) First Sikh State Mughal Empire Mughal victory
Siege of Lohgarh
(1710) 		First Sikh State Mughal Empire Mughal victory
Battle of Jammu
(1712) 		First Sikh State Mughal Empire Mughal victory
Battle of Lohgarh (1712) First Sikh State Mughal Empire Khalsa victory
Battle of Kiri Pathan (1714) First Sikh State Mughal Empire Khalsa victory
Battle of Gurdas Nangal (1715) First Sikh State Mughal Empire Mughal victory
Siege of Gurdaspur
(1715) 		First Sikh State Mughal Empire Mughal victory
  • Banda Singh Bahadur and his soldiers captured and later executed
Massacre of the Sikhs (1716)[clarification needed] Khalsa Fauj Mughal Empire Mughal victory[citation needed]
Battle of Wan (1726) Khalsa Fauj Mughal Empire Mughal victory
Battle of Thikriwala (1731) Khalsa Fauj Mughal Empire Khalsa victory
Battle of Basarke (1736) Dal Khalsa Mughal Empire Khalsa victory
Battle of Amritsar (1738) Dal Khalsa Mughal Empire Khalsa victory
Samad Khan's expedition against the Sikhs (1738) Dal Khalsa Mughal Empire Khalsa victory
Battle of Sarai Nurdin (1739) Bhai Bota Singh and Bhai Garja Singh Mughal Empire Mughal victory
  • Mughals suffer high casualties compared to Sikhs.
Battle of Sodhra and Badra (1748) Dal Khalsa Mughal Empire Khalsa victory
Siege of Amritsar (1748) Dal Khalsa Mughal Empire Khalsa victory
Siege of Ram Rauni

(1748–1749)

Dal Khalsa Mughal Empire Sikh victory
Battle of Multan (1749) Kaura Mal
Dal Khalsa 		Shah Nawaz Khan Kaura Mal and Sikh victory
Battle of Nadaun (1752) Dal Khalsa Mughal Empire Sikh victory
Battle of Anandpur (1753) Dal Khalsa Mughal Empire Sikh victory
Battle of Patti (1754) Dal Khalsa Mughal Empire Sikh victory
Battle of Delhi (1764) Bharatpur State Mughal Empire Bharatpur and Sikh victory
Sikh raids on Delhi (1764–1788) Dal Khalsa Mughal Empire and Allies Sikh victory
Siege of Kunjpura (1772) Dal Khalsa Mughal Empire, Durrani Empire and Maratha Empire Sikh victory
Siege of Jind (1776) Jind State Mughal Empire Sikh victory
Siege of Patiala (1779) Dal Khalsa Mughal Empire Sikh victory
Battle of Delhi (1783) Dal Khalsa Mughal Empire Sikh victory

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Surjit Singh Gandhi (2007). History of Sikh Gurus Retold: 1606–1708 C.E. Atlantic Publishers & Dist. p. 820. ISBN 9788126908585.
  2. ^ a b Fenech, Louis E. (2013). The Sikh Ẓafar-nāmah of Guru Gobind Singh : a discursive blade in the heart of the Mughal Empire. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 165. ISBN 978-0-19-998060-4. OCLC 826068533.
  3. ^ Raju, Karam Singh (1999). Guru Gobind Singh: Prophet of peace. Sanbun Publishers. ISBN 9380213646.
  4. ^ Malhotra, Anshu; Mir, Farina (21 February 2012). Punjab Reconsidered: History, Culture, and Practice. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-908877-5.
  5. ^ Fenech, Louis E. (2013). The Sikh Zafar-namah of Guru Gobind Singh: A Discursive Blade in the Heart of the Mughal Empire. Oup USA. ISBN 978-0-19-993145-3.
  6. ^ Surjit Singh Gandhi (2007). History of Sikh Gurus Retold: 1606–1708 C.E. Atlantic Publishers & Dist. p. 822. ISBN 9788126908585.
  7. ^ "Episode-39 (Panj Pyare-2 Bhai Dharam Singh & Dr, Daulat Sngh) – Avatar Meher Baba Prasar Kendra". Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  8. ^ "Punj Piare ~ Bhai Dharam Singh | Anandpur Sahib | SinghSahib.com ~ a complete portal on Sikhism". www.singhsahib.com. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  9. ^ Bhati, Sandeep (1 December 2016). "Bhai Dharam Singh". Speaking Tree. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  10. ^ "Gurdwara Bhai Daya Singh Bhai Dharam Singh Nanded | Discover Sikhism". www.discoversikhism.com. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  11. ^ a b History of Islam, p. 506, at Google Books
  12. ^ Sagoo, Harbans (2001). Banda Singh Bahadur and Sikh Sovereignty. Deep & Deep Publications.
  13. ^ Raj Pal Singh (2004). The Sikhs : Their Journey Of Five Hundred Years. Pentagon Press. pp. 46–47. ISBN 9788186505465.
  14. ^ Singha, H.S. (2005). Sikh Studies, Book 7. Hemkunt Press. p. 34. ISBN 9788170102458.
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