Siege of Jalalabad (1710)

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Siege of Jalalabad
Part of
Jalalabad, Muzaffarnagar
Result Mughal victory[2]
Belligerents First Sikh State Mughal EmpireCommanders and leaders Banda Singh Bahadur Jalal Khan Rohilla
Dindar Ali Khan
Hazbar Khan †
Jamal Khan †
Pir Khan †
Saiyid Taj-ud-Din BarhaStrength 70,000-80,000[3] 5,400-6,400 According to Sagoo, and unknown number of Ghazis[4]
12,000 according to IHC[5]Casualties and losses High High

The siege of Jalalabad occurred in 1710 between the

Pathan forces after four days from the battlefield and back into the town, but failed to capture the town and withdrew.[7]

Background

Banda Singh Bahadur was notified that Sikh people were imprisoned and persecuted in the village of Unarsa, and the conditions were distressing for the Hindus, facing cruel treatment and tyranny in the town of Jalalabad, ruled by Jalal Khan Rohilla, a Rohilla Afghan of high renown and military experience.[8] Banda Singh sent his emissaries to Jalal Khan to stop the oppression against the non-Muslims but his messengers were mistreated by being put on horses and paraded through the town, afterwards being sent back.[9] Therefore, Banda Singh Bahadur marched towards Jalalabad.[10] On the way to Jalalabad, Banda Singh defeated, captured and plundered Sarsawa, Saharanpur, Beyhut, Ambeyta, Nanauta, with half the administrative towns of Saharanpur falling under Sikh rule.[4][11]

Battle and Siege

Upon hearing of the nearby villages assailed by the Sikhs and their advance towards his capital, Jalal Khan the former

Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah had sent reinforcements to recover the lost territories in Punjab, Banda Singh Bahadur abandoned the siege for more urgent matters after 20 days of ineffectual fighting and the loss of several soldiers. At the time of the siege, Banda was reported to have been commanding an army of 70,000-80,000 men.[7][15][3][16]

References

  1. ^ Sagoo 2001, p. 169-172.
  2. 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.
  3. ^ a b c Sagoo 2001, p. 171.
  4. ^ a b Sagoo 2001, p. 170.
  5. ^ a b 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 ...
  6. ^ Congress, Indian History (1963). Proceedings, Volume 24.
  7. ^
    ISBN 978-0-313-33536-5
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  8. ^ Sagoo 2001, p. 168-169.
  9. ^ Sagoo 2001, p. 167.
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  11. ^ Gandhi, Surjit (1999). Sikhs In The Eighteenth Century. p. 37.
  12. ^ William Irvine (1971). Later Mughal. p. 102. Next, the Sikhs wrote to Jalal Khan, former faujdar, calling upon him to submit. He lived at a town founded by him, and called Jalalabad, it lies about thirty miles south of Saharanpur and about twenty miles west of Deoband.
  13. ISBN 978-0-19-561892-1
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  14. ^ The Panjab Past and Present: Volume 18. 1984. p. 28.
  15. ^ Singh, Ganda (1990) [1935]. Life of Banda Singh Bahadur. Publication Bureau, Punjabi University. pp. 90–99.
  16. ^ Gandhi 1999, p. 38.
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