Siege of Jalalabad (1710)

Siege of Jalalabad
Part of Mughal-Sikh Wars
DateJuly–August 1710[1]
Location
Jalalabad, Muzaffarnagar
Result Mughal victory[2]
Belligerents
Mughal Empire First Sikh State
Commanders and leaders
Jalal Khan Orakzai
Dindar Ali Khan
Hazbar Khan †
Jamal Khan †
Pir Khan †
Saiyid Taj-ud-Din Barha		 Banda Singh Bahadur
Strength
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]

  1. ^ Sagoo 2001, p. 169-172.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Sagoo 2001, p. 170.
  4. ^ 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 ...
  5. ^ Sagoo 2001, p. 171.
  6. ^ Congress, Indian History (1963). Proceedings, Volume 24.
  7. ^ Jacques, Tony (2007). Dictionary of Battles and Sieges. Greenwood Press. p. 484. ISBN 978-0-313-33536-5.


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