Siege of Gurdaspur
The siege of Gurdaspur was a major campaign of the new Mughal Emperor Farrukhsiyar in present-day India in 1715.
| Battle of Gurdas Nangal | |||||||||
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| Part of Mughal-Sikh Wars | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 Mughal Empire |
 Khalsa | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Farrukh-Sīyar Abd-ul-Samād Khān Chin Qilich Khan Zakariyyā Khān Amīn Khān Zain-ud-Dīn Ahmad Khān |
Bandā Singh Bahādur   Bāj Singh Binod Singh | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| 100,000-400,000[2] |
4,000 Swords:1,000 Shields: 278 Small kirpans: 217 Matchlocks: 180 Bows and arrow cases: 173 Daggers: 114 Silver Rupees: 600 Gold mohars: 23 Gold ornaments: a few[3] | ||||||||
Aftermath
Banda and his followers were captured alive and then taken to Delhi and executed under the orders of Mughal Emperor Farrukhsiyar in the year 1716, along with a large number of Sikhs who were rounded up by the Mughal army from villages and towns on the march back to Delhi.[4][5]
See also
References
- Jacques, Tony (2006). Dictionary of Battles and Sieges. Greenwood Press. p. 421. ISBN 978-0-313-33536-5. Archived from the original on 2015-06-26.
- Rattan Singh Bhangu (2006). Sri Gur Panth Prakash Volume 1. p. 387.
- Gupta, Hari Ram (1978). History of the Sikhs: Evolution of Sikh Confederacies (1708-69). Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers. p. 52. ISBN 9788121502481.
- Frances Pritchett. "XIX. A Century of Political Decline: 1707-1803". Columbia.edu. Retrieved 2012-04-29.
- Sagoo, Harbans (2001). Banda Singh Bahadur and Sikh Sovereignty. Deep & Deep Publications. ISBN 9788176293006.
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