Siege of Multan (1818)

Siege of Multan (1818)
Part of the Afghan–Sikh Wars
DateMarch 1818 – 2 June 1818
Location
Multan, Punjab (extended siege at Multan Fort)
30°11′54″N 71°28′13″E / 30.198247°N 71.470311°E / 30.198247; 71.470311
Result Sikh victory[1]
Territorial
changes
Sikhs capture Multan from the Afghans[2]
Belligerents
Sikh Empire Durrani Empire
Commanders and leaders
Misr Diwan Chand
Kharak Singh[nb 1]
Hari Singh Nalwa
Nawab Muzaffar Khan [4]
Multan is located in Pakistan
Multan
Multan
Location of Multan within present-day Pakistan

The siege of Multan began in March 1818 and lasted until 2 June 1818 as part of the Afghan–Sikh Wars,[5] and saw the Sikh Empire capture Multan (in modern-day Pakistan) from the Durrani Empire.

  1. ^ Marshman, John Clark (1867). The History of India, Volume III. Longmans, Green, Reader & Dyer. p. 33.
  2. ^ "Ranjit Singh Sikh maharaja". Encyclopedia Britannica.
  3. ^ Chopra 1928, p. 17
  4. ^ Chopra 1928, p. 23
  5. ^ Jaques 2006, p. 696.


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