Battle of Hasan Abdal (1813)

The Battle of Hasan Abdal took place on June 7, 1813.[3][4] Bhayya Ram Singh led the Sikhs, while Fateh Khan Barakzai led the Afghans. Wazir Fatah Khan attacked Hasan Abdal in 7 June 1813 with 2,000 Afghans while Ram Singh had only 500 horses and troops.

Battle of Hasan Abdal
Part of Afghan-Sikh wars
Date7 June 1813 [1]
Location
Hasan Abdal
Result Afghan victory[1][2]
Belligerents
Durrani Empire Sikh Empire
Commanders and leaders
Fateh Khan Barakzai Bhayya Ram Singh
Strength
2,000 500
Casualties and losses
50 killed 50 killed

The Battle

The Battle was fought in 7 June 1813 when Fateh Khan Barakzai attack Hasan Abdal. Hasan Abdal was under Bhayya Ram Singh with 500 Horses and militants. The Battle resulted with 50 casualties on both sides and all entire weapons, Horses and camels of sikh soldiers fell into Wazir's Hands.[1][5]

Aftermath

After the battle, the Wazir Akbar khan and Dost Muhammad Khan closely besieged the fort of Attock and cut off all the supplies to it. The city was soon conquered back in sane month after the defeat of Durranis at the battle of Haidru.[1]

See also

Battle of Gandgarh

Battle of Nara

Battle of Akora Khattak

Battle of Kashmir 1814

References
  1. www.discoversikhism.com. "History Of The Sikhs Vol. V The Sikh Lion of Lahore (Maharaja Ranjit Singh, 1799-1839) : www.DiscoverSikhism.com : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive". Retrieved 2023-04-27.
  2. "The Panjab Past and Present - Google Books". 2009-05-14. Retrieved 2023-04-27.
  3. Rao, Ram Sukh (1980). Ram Sukh Rao's Sri Fateh Singh Partap Prabhakar (in Punjabi). J. Kaur. p. 344.
  4. www.DiscoverSikhism.com. History Of The Sikhs Vol. V The Sikh Lion of Lahore (Maharaja Ranjit Singh, 1799-1839).
  5. The Panjab Past and Present. the University of Virginia: Department of Punjab Historical Studies, Punjabi University. 1989. p. 75.
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