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Mughal-Sikh wars

Part of the decline of the Mughal Empire

Painting of Guru Gobind Singh in battle. Illustration from a manuscript of Krishnavatar.

Date	1621 – 12 March 1788
Location	North India

Belligerents

Mughal Empire

Akal Sena (1621 - 1699)

Khalsa Fauj (1699 - 1748)

First Sikh State (1709-1715)

Sikh Confederacy (1748 - 1788)

Commanders and leaders

Mughal Emperors
Jahangir I
Shah Jahan I
Alamgir I
Azam Shah
Shah Alam I
Jahandar Shah
Farrukhsiyar
Rafi al-Darajat
Shah Jahan II
Muhammad Shah
Ahmad Shah
Shah Alam II

Mughal Governors
Jalal Khan Orakzai
Kale Khan †
Qutab Khan †
Adina Beg
Wazir Khan †
Dilwaar Khan
Mian Khan
Nasar-ul-Mulk
Abd al-Samad Khan
Zakariyya Khan
Salabat Khan †
Yahya Khan
Shahnawaz Khan
Moin-ul-Mulk
Abdul Khan †
Zabardast Khan

Mughal Generals

Mukhlis Khan †

Lal Beg †

Qumer Beg †

Painde Khan †

Hussain Khan †

Nahar Khan †

Gharit Khan †

Shamas Khan

Nahid Khan †

Din Beg (WIA)

Zain Khan Sirhindi †

Khwaja Muhammad (WIA)

Muhammad Yarbeg Khan †

Ahmed Khan †

Fateh Khan †

Jamal Khan

Sikh Gurus

Har Gobind

Har Rai

Gobind Singh X
Sikh Generals

Bhai Jattu

Bidhi Chand

Baba Gurditta

Bhai Sohela †

Bhatt Kirat

Bhai Desu †

Bhai Bhano

Jassa Singh Ahluwalia

Baghel Singh

Jassa Singh Ramgarhia

Charat Singh

Sukha Singh

Haqiqat Singh Kanhaiya

Tara Singh Ghaiba

Jai Singh Kanhaiya

v t e Early Mughal-Sikh Wars
Battle of Rohilla Battle of Sangrana Battle of Amritsar (1634) Battle of Kartarpur Battle of Lahira Battle of Phagwara Battle of Kiratpur Invasion of Kiratpur

v t e Late Mughal-Sikh Wars
Nadaun Guler Taragarh Anandpur (1st, 1700) Anandpur (2nd, 1700) Basoli Chamkaur (1st) Anandpur (1st, 1704) Anandpur (2nd, 1704) Sarsa Chamkaur (2nd) Muktsar Jajau Amritsar (1709) Sonepat Samana Kapuri Sadhaura Ropar Chappar Chiri Sirhind Saharanpur Nanautu Jalalabad Kotla Begum Bhilowal Rahon Thanesar Lohgarh (1710) Jammu Lohgarh (1712) Kiri Pathan Gurdas Nangal Gurdaspur Wan Thikriwala Basarke Amritsar (1738) Samad Khan's Expedition Sarai Nurdin Rorī Sahib Sodhra and Badra (1748) Amritsar (1748) Ram Rauni Multan (1749) Nadaun (1752) Anandpur (1753) Patti Delhi (1764) Panipat (1770) Kunjpura (1772) Jind Ghanaur Patiala Shafi's Campaign Sirhind (1781) Delhi (1783)

Late Mughal-Sikh Wars

Many battles and campaigns between the armies of the Mughal Empire and various Sikh states took place, and started with the martyrdom of the fifth Sikh guru, Guru Arjan Dev in 1606.

Battles

Conflict (Period)	Belligerents	Opponents	Outcome
Battle of Rohilla (1621)	Akal Sena	Mughal Empire	Sikh victory
Battle of Sangrana (1628)	Akal Sena	Mughal Empire	Sikh victory
Battle of Amritsar (1634)	Akal Sena	Mughal Empire	Sikh victory
Battle of Lahira (1634)	Akal Sena	Mughal Empire	Sikh victory
Battle of Kartarpur (1635)	Akal Sena	Mughal Empire	Sikh victory
Battle of Phagwara (1635)	Akal Sena	Mughal Empire	Sikh victory
Battle of Kiratpur (1638)	Akal Sena	Mughal Empire	Sikh victory
Battle of Sutlej (1652)	Akal Sena	Mughal Empire	Sikh victory
Battle of Kiratpur (1658)	Akal Sena	Mughal Empire	Sikh victory
Battle of Nadaun (1691)	Akal Sena, Kahlur State	Mughal Empire	Combined victory of Sikhs and Kahlur State
Battle of Anandpur (1695)	Akal Sena	Mughal Empire	Sikh victory
Battle of Guler (1696)	Akal Sena	Mughal Empire	Sikh victory
Battle of Anandpur (1700)	Khalsa Fauj	Mughal Empire, Sivalik Hills Raja's	Khalsa victory
Battle of Nirmohgarh (1702)	Khalsa Fauj	Mughal Empire	Khalsa victory
Battle of Basoli (1702)	Khalsa Fauj	Mughal Empire	Khalsa victory
First battle of Chamkaur (1702)	Khalsa Fauj	Mughal Empire, Raja's of Sivalik Hills	Khalsa victory
First Battle of Anandpur (1704)	Khalsa Fauj	Mughal Empire Raja's of Sivalik Hills	Khalsa victory
Second Siege of Anandpur (1704)	Khalsa Fauj	Mughal Empire Raja's of Sivalik Hills	Combined victory of Mughals and Hill Rajas Mughal and Hill Rajas betrayed the Sikhs and broke the vows of Allah, Quran and the cow.
Battle of Sarsa (1704)	Khalsa Fauj	Mughal Empire, Sivalik Hills Raja's	Combined victory of Mughals and Hill Rajas The Mughals and Hill's kings betrayed the Sikhs and broke the vows of their God and the Quran.
Battle of Shahi Tibbi (1704)	Khalsa Fauj	Mughal Empire, Sivalik Hills Raja's	Khalsa victory The Mughals and Shivalik Hill kings were forced to retreat and the Sikhs fought bravely along with Baba Ajit Singh and those Sikhs gained martyrdom excluding Baba Ajit Singh.
Battle of Chamkaur (1704)	Khalsa Fauj	Mughal Empire Raja's of Sivalik Hills	Mughal victory Mughals failed to capture Guru Gobind Singh
Battle of Muktsar (1705)	Khalsa Fauj	Mughal Empire	Khalsa victory Wazir Khan retreats
Battle of Jajau (1707)	Bahadur Shah I Khalsa Fauj	Muhammad Azam	Bahadur Shah victory Seeing the complex situation in Malwa, Bahadur Shah asked Guru Gobind Singh for help. The Guru sent Bhai Dharam Singh to fight with 300 soldiers. Azam Shah killed by Guru Gobind Singh and Isha Khan Main.
Battle of Chittorgarh (1708)	Khalsa Fauj	Mughal Empire	Mughal victory Zorawar Singh Palit and his 20 Sikhs killed after causing heavy casualties to the Mughals
Battle of Amritsar (1709)	Khalsa Fauj	Mughal Empire	Khalsa victory
Battle of Sonipat (1709)	Khalsa Fauj	Mughal Empire	Khalsa victory First battle of Banda Singh Bahadur's military conquest
Battle of Samana (1709)	Khalsa Fauj	Mughal Empire	Khalsa victory Banda Singh Bahadur captures Samana
Battle of Kapuri (1709)	First Sikh State	Mughal Empire	Khalsa victory
Battle of Sadhaura (1710)	First Sikh State	Mughal Empire	Khalsa victory Banda Singh Bahadur capture Sadhaura
Battle of Ropar (1710)	First Sikh State	Mughal Empire	Khalsa victory
Battle of Chappar Chiri (1710)	First Sikh State	Mughal Empire	Khalsa victory Wazir Khan was killed by Fateh Singh.
Siege of Sirhind (1710)	First Sikh State	Mughal Empire	Khalsa victory Establishment of Sikh rule from Lahore to the sanctum sanctorum of Delhi Sucha Nand killed by Banda Singh Bahadur and thousands of Mughal soldiers killed by Sikhs and those people who are involved in martyrdom of Guru Gobind Singh younger sons (Saka Sirhind affair)
Battle of Saharanpur (1710)	First Sikh State	Mughal Empire	Khalsa victory
Battle of Jalalabad (1710)	First Sikh State	Mughal Empire	Mughal victory
Siege of Kotla Begum (1710)	First Sikh State	Mughal Empire	Khalsa victory
Battle of Bhilowal (1710)	First Sikh State	Mughal Empire	Khalsa victory
Battle of Rahon (1710)	First Sikh State	Mughal Empire	Khalsa victory
Battle of Thanesar (1710)	First Sikh State	Mughal Empire	Mughal victory
Siege of Lohgarh (1710)	First Sikh State	Mughal Empire	Mughal victory
Battle of Bahrampar (1711)	First Sikh State	Mughal Empire	Khalsa victory Mughal faujdar of Jammu Qutab-ud-Din Khan Kheshgi killed Khan's son, Shams Khan, also killed
Battle of Hoshiarpur (1711)	First Sikh State	Mughal Empire	Mughal victory
Battle of Kalanaur (1711)	First Sikh State	Mughal Empire	Khalsa victory
Battle of Batala (1711)	First Sikh State	Mughal Empire	Khalsa victory
Battle of Aurangabad (1711)	First Sikh State	Mughal Empire	Khalsa victory
Battle of Pasrur (1711)	First Sikh State	Mughal Empire	Khalsa victory
Battle of Jammu (1712)	First Sikh State	Mughal Empire	Mughal victory
Battle of Sadhaura (1712)	First Sikh State	Mughal Empire	Khalsa victory
Battle of Lohgarh (1712)	First Sikh State	Mughal Empire	Khalsa victory
Siege of Sadhaura (1713)	First Sikh State	Mughal Empire	Mughal victory Sadhaura retaken by the Mughals after a Siege Banda Singh Bahadur escapes
Battle of Lohgarh (1713)	First Sikh State	Mughal Empire	Mughal victory Mughals fail to kill or capture Banda Singh Bahadur
Battle of Kiri Pathan (1714)	First Sikh State	Mughal Empire	Khalsa victory
Battle of Ropar (1714)	First Sikh State	Mughal Empire	Mughal victory 200 Sikhs killed out of 7000 Sikhs retreat to Shivalik Hills
Battle of Gurdas Nangal (1715)	First Sikh State	Mughal Empire	Mughal victory
Siege of Gurdaspur (1715)	First Sikh State	Mughal Empire	Mughal victory Banda Singh Bahadur and his soldiers captured and later executed
Massacre of the Sikhs (1716)	Khalsa Fauj	Mughal Empire	Mughal victory
Battle of Wan (1726)	Khalsa Fauj	Mughal Empire	Mughal victory
Battle of Thikriwala (1731)	Khalsa Fauj	Mughal Empire	Khalsa victory
Battle of Sunam (1735)	Khalsa Fauj	Mughal Empire	Khalsa victory
Battle of Sirhind (1735)	Khalsa Fauj	Mughal Empire	Khalsa victory
Battle of Basarke (1736)	Dal Khalsa	Mughal Empire	Khalsa victory
Battle of Amritsar (1738)	Dal Khalsa	Mughal Empire	Khalsa victory
Samad Khan's expedition against the Sikhs (1738)	Dal Khalsa	Mughal Empire	Khalsa victory
Battle of Sarai Nurdin (1739)	Bhai Bota Singh and Bhai Garja Singh	Mughal Empire	Mughal victory Mughals suffer high casualties compared to Sikhs.
Battle of Rorī Sahib (1746)	Dal Khalsa	Mughal Empire	Khalsa victory Jaspat Rai killed
Battle of Kahnuwan (1746)	Dal Khalsa	Mughal Empire	Mughal victory
Battle of Kasur (1747)	Dal Khalsa	Mughal Empire	Mughal victory
Battle of Sodhra and Badra (1748)	Dal Khalsa	Mughal Empire	Khalsa victory
Battle of Khanpur (1748)	Dal Khalsa	Mughal Empire	Khalsa victory
Siege of Amritsar (1748)	Dal Khalsa	Mughal Empire	Khalsa victory
Siege of Ram Rauni (1748–1749)	Dal Khalsa	Mughal Empire	Sikh victory
Battle of Multan (1749)	Kaura Mal Dal Khalsa	Shah Nawaz Khan	Kaura Mal and Sikh victory
Battle of Jalandhar (1750)	Dallewalia Misl	Mughal Empire	Sikh victory
Battle of Nadaun (1752)	Dal Khalsa	Mughal Empire	Sikh victory
Battle of Anandpur (1753)	Dal Khalsa	Mughal Empire	Sikh victory
Battle of Lahore (1753)	Dal Khalsa	Mughal Empire	Sikh victory Prisoners from Lahore freed by the Khalsa
Battle of Fatehabad (1753)	Dal Khalsa	Mughal Empire	Sikh victory
Battle of Patti (1754)	Dal Khalsa	Mughal Empire	Sikh victory
Battle of Delhi (1764)	Bharatpur State Dal Khalsa	Mughal Empire	Bharatpur and Sikh victory
Sikh raids on Delhi (1764–1788)	Dal Khalsa	Mughal Empire and Allies	Sikh victory
Battle of Panipat (1766)	Dal Khalsa	Mughal Empire	Sikh victory
Battle of Sonipat (1766)	Dal Khalsa	Mughal Empire	Sikh victory
Battle of Karnal (1767)	Dal Khalsa	Mughal Empire and Gwalior State	Sikh victory
Battle of Ghazi-U-Din-Nagar (1768)	Dal Khalsa	Mughal Empire	Sikh victory
Battle of Anupshahar (1768)	Dal Khalsa	Mughal Empire	Sikh victory
Fourth Battle of Panipat (1770)	Dal Khalsa	Mughal Empire and Rohillas	Sikh victory
Attack on Delhi (1770)	Dal Khalsa	Mughal Empire	Sikh victory
Siege of Kunjpura (1772)	Dal Khalsa	Mughal Empire, Durrani Empire and Maratha Empire	Sikh victory
Siege of Jind (1776)	Jind State	Mughal Empire	Sikh victory
Battle of Ghanaur (1778)	Dal Khalsa	Mughal Empire	Sikh victory
Attack on Delhi to Rakabganj (1778)	Dal Khalsa	Mughal Empire	Sikh victory
Siege of Patiala (1779)	Dal Khalsa	Mughal Empire	Sikh victory
Shafi's campaign against the Sikhs (1780–1781)	Dal Khalsa	Mughal Empire	Sikh victory
Battle of Baghpat (1781)	Dal Khalsa	Mughal Empire	Sikh victory
Battle of Sardana (1781)	Dal Khalsa	Mughal Empire	Sikh victory
Battle of Mawana (1781)	Dal Khalsa	Mughal Empire	Sikh victory
Battle of Muradnagar (1781)	Dal Khalsa	Mughal Empire	Sikh victory
Battle of Patparganj (1781)	Dal Khalsa	Mughal Empire	Sikh victory
Battle of Shahdara (1781)	Dal Khalsa	Mughal Empire	Sikh victory
Battle of Sheikhpura (1781)	Dal Khalsa	Mughal Empire	Sikh victory
Battle of Barnawa (1781)	Dal Khalsa	Mughal Empire	Sikh victory
Battle of Sirhind (1781)	Dal Khalsa	Mughal Empire	Sikh victory
Sikh raids on Delhi to Hardwar (1782)	Dal Khalsa	Mughal Empire	Sikh victory
Battle of Delhi (1783)	Dal Khalsa	Mughal Empire	Sikh victory
Raid of Delhi (1784)	Dal Khalsa	Mughal Empire	Sikh victory
Raids from Panipat to Delhi (1786)	Dal Khalsa	Mughal Empire and Gwalior State	Sikh victory
Raids from Agra to Delhi (1787)	Dal Khalsa	Mughal Empire	Sikh victory
Battle of Shahdara (1787)	Dal Khalsa	Mughal Empire	Sikh victory
Attack on Red Fort (1787)	Dal Khalsa	Mughal Empire	Sikh victory
Attack on Delhi (1788)	Dal Khalsa	Mughal Empire	Sikh victory

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Sources

Shaw, Jeffrey M.; Demy, Timothy J., eds. (2017). War and Religion: An Encyclopedia of Faith and Conflict. ABC-CLIO. pp. 574–577. ISBN 978-1-61069-517-6.
Jacques, Tony (2007). Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: F-O. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 421. ISBN 978-0-313-33536-5.

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