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.
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2,000 | 500 | ||||||
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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]
References
- 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.
- "The Panjab Past and Present - Google Books". 2009-05-14. Retrieved 2023-04-27.
- Rao, Ram Sukh (1980). Ram Sukh Rao's Sri Fateh Singh Partap Prabhakar (in Punjabi). J. Kaur. p. 344.
- www.DiscoverSikhism.com. History Of The Sikhs Vol. V The Sikh Lion of Lahore (Maharaja Ranjit Singh, 1799-1839).
- The Panjab Past and Present. the University of Virginia: Department of Punjab Historical Studies, Punjabi University. 1989. p. 75.