Siege of Jalalabad | |||||||
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Part of Mughal-Sikh Wars | |||||||
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Strength | |||||||
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 Mughal 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]
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.
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 ...