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<a href="/wiki/Afghan%E2%80%93Sikh_Wars" title="Afghan–Sikh Wars">Afghan–Sikh Wars</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><table style="width:100%;margin:0;padding:0;border:0;display:inline-table"><tbody><tr><th style="padding-right:1em">Date</th><td>March 1818 – 2 June 1818</td></tr><tr><th style="padding-right:1em">Location</th><td><div class="location"><a href="/wiki/Multan" title="Multan">Multan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Punjab" title="Punjab">Punjab</a> (extended siege at <a href="/wiki/Multan_Fort" title="Multan Fort">Multan Fort</a>)</div><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" 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class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Belligerents</th></tr><tr><td style="width:50%;border-right:1px dotted #aaa;"> <span typeof="mw:File"><span><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Sikh_Empire_flag.svg/24px-Sikh_Empire_flag.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Sikh_Empire_flag.svg/36px-Sikh_Empire_flag.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Sikh_Empire_flag.svg/48px-Sikh_Empire_flag.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="496" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sikh_Empire" title="Sikh Empire">Sikh Empire</a></td><td style="width:50%;padding-left:0.25em"> <span class="flagicon"><span 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Singh">Kharak Singh</a><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>nb 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><a href="/wiki/Hari_Singh_Nalwa" title="Hari Singh Nalwa">Hari Singh Nalwa</a></td><td style="width:50%;padding-left:0.25em"> <b><a href="/wiki/Nawab_Muzaffar_Khan" title="Nawab Muzaffar Khan">Nawab Muzaffar Khan</a> <a href="/wiki/Killed_in_action" title="Killed in action"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Old English Text MT',serif"><b>†</b></span></a></b><sup id="cite_ref-Chopra23_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chopra23-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="border-top:1px dotted #aaa;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238443738">.mw-parser-output .locmap .od{position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .id{position:absolute;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .locmap 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href="/wiki/Battle_of_Amritsar_(1757)" title="Battle of Amritsar (1757)">Amritsar (1757)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Mahilpur_(1757)" title="Battle of Mahilpur (1757)">Mahilpur (1757)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Jalandhar_(1757)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Battle of Jalandhar (1757) (page does not exist)">Jalandhar (1757)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Siege_of_Sirhind_1758&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Siege of Sirhind 1758 (page does not exist)">Sirhind (1758)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Occupation_of_Lahore_(1758)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Occupation of Lahore (1758) (page does not exist)">Lahore (1758)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Lahore_(1759)" title="Second Battle of Lahore (1759)">2nd Lahore (1759)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Lahore_(1760)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Battle of Lahore (1760) (page does not exist)">Lahore (1760)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Sialkot_(1761)" title="Battle of Sialkot (1761)">Sialkot (1761)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Gujranwala_(1761)" title="Battle of Gujranwala (1761)">Gujranwala (1761)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Lahore_(1761)" title="Siege of Lahore (1761)">Lahore (1761)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Siege_of_Jandiala_(1762)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Siege of Jandiala (1762) (page does not exist)">Jandiala (1762)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kup" title="Battle of Kup">Kup (1762)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=First_Battle_of_Amritsar_(1762)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="First Battle of Amritsar (1762) (page does not exist)">Amritsar (1762)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Harnaulgarh" title="Battle of Harnaulgarh">Harnaulgarh (1762)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Pipli_Sahib" title="Battle of Pipli Sahib">Pipli Sahib (1762)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Lakhi_Jungle&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Battle of Lakhi Jungle (page does not exist)">Lakhi Jungle (1762)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Ravi_Ford" title="Battle of the Ravi Ford">Ravi (1762)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Sialkot_(1763)" title="Battle of Sialkot (1763)">Sialkot (1763)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kasur_(1763)" title="Battle of Kasur (1763)">Kasur (1763)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Urmar_Tanda" title="Battle of Urmar Tanda">Urmar Tanda (1763)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Malerkotla&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Battle of Malerkotla (page does not exist)">Malerkotla (1763)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Sirhind_(1764)" title="Battle of Sirhind (1764)">Sirhind (1764)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Rohtas_(1764)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Battle of Rohtas (1764) (page does not exist)">Rohtas (1764)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Qarawal" title="Battle of Qarawal">Qarawal (1764)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Darbar_Sahib_(1764)" title="Battle of Darbar Sahib (1764)">Darbar Sahib (1764)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Jandiala&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Battle of Jandiala (page does not exist)">Jandiala (1764)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Batala&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Battle of Batala (page does not exist)">Batala (1764)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Adinanagar_(1764)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Battle of Adinanagar (1764) (page does not exist)">Adinanagar (1764)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_the_Jullunder_Doab&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Battle of the Jullunder Doab (page does not exist)">Jullundur (1765)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_on_the_Sutlej&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Battle on the Sutlej (page does not exist)">Sutlej Ford (1765)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Nurmahal_(1765)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Battle of Nurmahal (1765) (page does not exist)">Nurmahal (1765)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Skirmish_of_Kapurthala_(1765)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Skirmish of Kapurthala (1765) (page does not exist)">Kapurthala (1765)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_on_the_Beas&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Battle on the Beas (page does not exist)">Beas Ford (1765)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Gujrat_(1765)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Battle of Gujrat (1765) (page does not exist)">Gujrat (1765)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Fatahbad_(1766)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Battle of Fatahbad (1766) (page does not exist)">Fatahbad (1766)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Jhelum_Town_(1766)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Battle of Jhelum Town (1766) (page does not exist)">Jhelum Town (1766)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Amritsar_(1767)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Battle of Amritsar (1767) (page does not exist)">Amritsar (1767)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Meerut_(1767)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Battle of Meerut (1767) (page does not exist)">Meerut (1767)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Occupation_of_Lahore_(1767)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Occupation of Lahore (1767) (page does not exist)">Lahore (1767)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Jullundur_Doab_(1767)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Battle of Jullundur Doab (1767) (page does not exist)"> Jullundur (1767)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Rohtas_(1767)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Battle of Rohtas (1767) (page does not exist)">Rohtas (1767)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Kunjpura_(1772)" title="Siege of Kunjpura (1772)">Kunjpura (1772)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Multan_(1772)" title="Siege of Multan (1772)">Multan (1772)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Rohtas_(1779)" title="Battle of Rohtas (1779)">Rohtas (1779)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Multan_(1780)" title="Siege of Multan (1780)">Multan (1780)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Shujabad_(1780)" title="Battle of Shujabad (1780)">Shujabad (1780)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Attock_(1787)" title="Battle of Attock (1787)">Attock (1787)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Rohtas_(1795)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Battle of Rohtas (1795) (page does not exist)">Rohtas (1795)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Indus_Ford_(1795)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Battle of Indus Ford (1795) (page does not exist)">Indus Ford (1795)</a></li> <li><a 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exist)">Amritsar (1797)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_near_Amritsar_(1797)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Battle near Amritsar (1797) (page does not exist)">Battle near Amritsar (1797)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gujrat_Expedition&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gujrat Expedition (page does not exist)">Gujrat (1797)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Skirmish_at_Sarae_Kali&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Skirmish at Sarae Kali (page does not exist)">Sarae Kali (1798)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Massacre_at_Wazirabad&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Massacre at Wazirabad (page does not exist)">Wazirabad (1798)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Shahdara&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Battle of Shahdara (page does not exist)">Shahdara (1798)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Skirmish_near_Lahore&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Skirmish near Lahore (page 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exist)">Ravi Ford (1798)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_in_centre_of_Gujrat_and_Wazirabad_(1798)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Battle in centre of Gujrat and Wazirabad (1798) (page does not exist)">Battle in centre of Gujrat and Wazirabad (1798)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kasur" title="Battle of Kasur">Kasur (1807)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Siege_of_Multan_(1810)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Siege of Multan (1810) (page does not exist)">Multan (1810)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Afghan-Sikh_Capture_of_Kashmir_(1812-1813)" class="mw-redirect" title="Afghan-Sikh Capture of Kashmir (1812-1813)">Kashmir (1812-1813)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Hasan_Abdal_(1813)" title="Battle of Hasan Abdal (1813)">Hasan Abdal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Attock" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Attock">Attock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kashmir_(1814)" title="Battle of Kashmir (1814)">Kashmir (1814)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Multan" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Multan">Multan (1818)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Shopian" title="Battle of Shopian">Shopian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Mangal" title="Battle of Mangal">Mangal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Mankera_(1821-1822)" class="mw-redirect" title="Siege of Mankera (1821-1822)">Mankera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Taragarh_(1822)" title="Battle of Taragarh (1822)">Taragarh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Nowshera" title="Battle of Nowshera">Nowshera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Akora_Khattak" title="Battle of Akora Khattak">Akora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Shaidu" title="Battle of Shaidu">Shaidu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Haidru_(1828)" title="Battle of Haidru (1828)">Haidru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Balakot" title="Battle of Balakot">Balakot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capture_of_Peshawar_(1834)" title="Capture of Peshawar (1834)">Peshawar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Ramkani" title="Battle of Ramkani">Ramkani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Standoff_at_the_Khyber_Pass_(1834%E2%80%931835)" title="Standoff at the Khyber Pass (1834–1835)">Khyber Pass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Panjtar" title="Battle of Panjtar">Panjtar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Jamrud" title="Battle of Jamrud">Jamrud</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Conflicts_in_Afghanistan_(1793–1973)" style="margin:0;float:right;clear:right;width:25.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;margin-left:1em;;padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks navbox-vertical mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Campaignbox_Conflicts_in_Afghanistan_(1793%E2%80%931973)" title="Template:Campaignbox Conflicts in Afghanistan (1793–1973)"><abbr title="View this template" style="color:inherit">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Campaignbox_Conflicts_in_Afghanistan_(1793%E2%80%931973)" title="Template talk:Campaignbox Conflicts in Afghanistan (1793–1973)"><abbr title="Discuss this template" style="color:inherit">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Campaignbox_Conflicts_in_Afghanistan_(1793%E2%80%931973)" 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href="/w/index.php?title=Herati-Qajar_War_(1807)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Herati-Qajar War (1807) (page does not exist)">Shahda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Nimla_(1809)" title="Battle of Nimla (1809)">Nimla</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Herati-Qajar_War_(1811)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Herati-Qajar War (1811) (page does not exist)">3rd Herat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Attock_(1813)" title="Battle of Attock (1813)">Attock</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Khorasan_Uprising_(1813-1818)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Khorasan Uprising (1813-1818) (page does not exist)">4th Herat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kafir_Qala" title="Battle of Kafir Qala">Kafir Qal'eh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Multan" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Multan">Multan</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Deposition_of_the_Sadozais&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Deposition of the Sadozais (page does not exist)">2nd Civil War</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Afghan_Civil_War_(1818-1826)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Afghan Civil War (1818-1826) (page does not exist)">3rd Civil War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Shopian" title="Battle of Shopian">Shopian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Nowshera" title="Battle of Nowshera">Nowshera</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Herati_Civil_War_(1825-26)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Herati Civil War (1825-26) (page does not exist)">5th Herat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mir_Yazdanbakhsh" title="Mir Yazdanbakhsh">1st Hazara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Herat_(1833)" title="Siege of Herat (1833)">6th Herat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Expedition_of_Shuja_ul-Mulk" class="mw-redirect" title="Expedition of Shuja ul-Mulk">1st Shuja</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dost_Mohammad%27s_Campaign_to_Jalalabad_(1834)" title="Dost Mohammad's Campaign to Jalalabad (1834)">Jalalabad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Peshawar_(1834)" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Peshawar (1834)">Peshawar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Jamrud" title="Battle of Jamrud">Jamrud</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Herat_War" title="First Herat War">7th Herat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Afghan_Turkestan_Campaign_of_1838-39" class="mw-redirect" title="Afghan Turkestan Campaign of 1838-39">1st Afghan Turkestan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War" title="First Anglo-Afghan War">1st Britain, 2nd Shuja</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hazarajat_Campaign_of_1843" title="Hazarajat Campaign of 1843">2nd Hazara</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kabul-Kandahar_War&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kabul-Kandahar War (page does not exist)">1st Kandahar</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tagab_Rebellion_(1846)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tagab Rebellion (1846) (page does not exist)">Tagab</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yar_Mohammad_Khan%27s_Invasion_of_the_Chahar_Wilayat_(1847-1850)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Yar Mohammad Khan's Invasion of the Chahar Wilayat (1847-1850) (page does not exist)">1st Chahar Wilayat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Afghan_Conquest_of_Balkh" title="Afghan Conquest of Balkh">Balkh</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Herati-Kandahar_War&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Herati-Kandahar War (page does not exist)">2nd Kandahar, 8th Herat</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Aqcha&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Battle of Aqcha (page does not exist)">Aqcha</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Afghan_Turkestan_Revolts_of_1851-1856&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Afghan Turkestan Revolts of 1851-1856 (page does not exist)">2nd Afghan Turkestan</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Qajar_intervention_in_Herat_(1852)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Qajar intervention in Herat (1852) (page does not exist)">9th Herat</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sheberghan_Rebellion&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sheberghan Rebellion (page does not exist)">Sheberghan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conquest_of_Kandahar" title="Conquest of Kandahar">3rd Kandahar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Herat_War" title="Second Herat War">10th Herat</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maimana_Campaign_(1857)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Maimana Campaign (1857) (page does not exist)">Maimana (1857)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khost_rebellion_(1856%E2%80%931857)" title="Khost rebellion (1856–1857)">1st Khost</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Afghan_Conquest_of_Kunduz" title="Afghan Conquest of Kunduz">Kunduz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herat_campaign_of_1862%E2%80%931863" title="Herat campaign of 1862–1863">11th Herat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Afghan_Civil_War_(1863%E2%80%931869)" title="Afghan Civil War (1863–1869)">2nd Civil War</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Revolt_of_Mohammad_Yaqub_Khan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Revolt of Mohammad Yaqub Khan (page does not exist)">12th Herat</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Revolt_of_Ayub_Khan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Revolt of Ayub Khan (page does not exist)">13th Herat</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1875-76_Revolt_in_the_Chahar_Wilayat&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1875-76 Revolt in the Chahar Wilayat (page does not exist)">2nd Chahar Wilayat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Anglo-Afghan_War" title="Second Anglo-Afghan War">2nd Britain</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1881_Herat_Uprising&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1881 Herat Uprising (page does not exist)">14th Herat</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Afghan_Civil_War_(1880-81)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Afghan Civil War (1880-81) (page does not exist)">3rd Civil War</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Afghan_Conquest_of_Maimana&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Afghan Conquest of Maimana (page does not exist)">1st Maimana</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1886-87_Great_Ghilzai_Uprising&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1886-87 Great Ghilzai Uprising (page does not exist)">1st Ghilzai</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Revolt_of_Sardar_Mohammad_Ishaq_Khan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Revolt of Sardar Mohammad Ishaq Khan (page does not exist)">2nd Turkestan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1888%E2%80%931893_uprisings_of_Hazaras#First_uprising" class="mw-redirect" title="1888–1893 uprisings of Hazaras">3rd Hazara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1888%E2%80%931893_uprisings_of_Hazaras#Second_uprising" class="mw-redirect" title="1888–1893 uprisings of Hazaras">4th Hazara</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Uruzgan" title="Battle of Uruzgan">Uruzgan</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1892_Maimana_Revolt&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1892 Maimana Revolt (page does not exist)">2nd Maimana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1888%E2%80%931893_uprisings_of_Hazaras#Third_uprising" class="mw-redirect" title="1888–1893 uprisings of Hazaras">5th Hazara</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Conquest_of_Kafiristan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Conquest of Kafiristan (page does not exist)">Kafiristan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khost_rebellion_(1912)" title="Khost rebellion (1912)">2nd Khost</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Urtatagai_conflict_(1913)" title="Urtatagai conflict (1913)">1st Urtatagai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Anglo-Afghan_War" title="Third Anglo-Afghan War">3rd Britain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alizai_rebellion_of_1923" title="Alizai rebellion of 1923">Alizai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khost_rebellion_(1924%E2%80%931925)" title="Khost rebellion (1924–1925)">3rd Khost</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Urtatagai_conflict_(1925%E2%80%931926)" title="Urtatagai conflict (1925–1926)">2nd Urtatagai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Afghan_Civil_War_(1928%E2%80%931929)" title="Afghan Civil War (1928–1929)">4th Civil War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Army_intervention_in_Afghanistan_(1929)" title="Red Army intervention in Afghanistan (1929)">1st Soviet Union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shinwari_rebellion" class="mw-redirect" title="Shinwari rebellion">Shinwari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amanullah_loyalism#Kuhistan_rebellion" title="Amanullah loyalism">1st Kuhistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuhistan_rebellion_(July_1930)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kuhistan rebellion (July 1930)">2nd Kuhistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Army_intervention_in_Afghanistan_(1930)" title="Red Army intervention in Afghanistan (1930)">2nd Soviet Union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghilzai_rebellion" class="mw-redirect" title="Ghilzai rebellion">2nd Ghilzai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Afghan_tribal_revolts_of_1944%E2%80%931947" title="Afghan tribal revolts of 1944–1947">Tribal revolts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1945_Hazara_Rebellion" title="1945 Hazara Rebellion">6th Hazara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1949_Hazara_Rebellion" title="1949 Hazara Rebellion">7th Hazara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_Afghan_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1973 Afghan coup d'état">Republican coup</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p>The <b>siege of Multan</b> began in March 1818 and lasted until 2 June 1818 as part of the <a href="/wiki/Afghan%E2%80%93Sikh_Wars" title="Afghan–Sikh Wars">Afghan–Sikh Wars</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJaques2006696_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJaques2006696-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and saw the <a href="/wiki/Sikh_Empire" title="Sikh Empire">Sikh Empire</a> capture Multan (in modern-day <a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a>) from the <a href="/wiki/Durrani_Empire" title="Durrani Empire">Durrani Empire</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Siege_of_Multan_(1818)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Multan_-_Report_for_the_year_1872-73_-_Sir_Alexander_Cunningham_pgXXXVI.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Map_of_Multan_-_Report_for_the_year_1872-73_-_Sir_Alexander_Cunningham_pgXXXVI.jpg/200px-Map_of_Multan_-_Report_for_the_year_1872-73_-_Sir_Alexander_Cunningham_pgXXXVI.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="317" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Map_of_Multan_-_Report_for_the_year_1872-73_-_Sir_Alexander_Cunningham_pgXXXVI.jpg/300px-Map_of_Multan_-_Report_for_the_year_1872-73_-_Sir_Alexander_Cunningham_pgXXXVI.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Map_of_Multan_-_Report_for_the_year_1872-73_-_Sir_Alexander_Cunningham_pgXXXVI.jpg/400px-Map_of_Multan_-_Report_for_the_year_1872-73_-_Sir_Alexander_Cunningham_pgXXXVI.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1697" data-file-height="2689" /></a><figcaption>This map of Multan from 1873 shows the prominence of the <a href="/wiki/Multan_Fort" title="Multan Fort">Multan Fort</a></figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Maharaja" title="Maharaja">Maharaja</a> <a href="/wiki/Ranjit_Singh" title="Ranjit Singh">Ranjit Singh</a> had previously invaded <a href="/wiki/Multan" title="Multan">Multan</a> seven times successfully.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He first led the invasion in 1802 which ended with <a href="/wiki/Nawab_Muzaffar_Khan" title="Nawab Muzaffar Khan">Nawab Muzaffar Khan</a> offering his submission, some presents and a promise to pay tribute.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGupta1991106_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGupta1991106-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ranjit Singh led the second invasion in 1805 which resulted in Nawab Muzaffar Khan again offering him rich presents and a tribute of 70,000 rupees.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGupta1991107_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGupta1991107-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The third invasion in 1807 happened when Ahmad Khan Sial, who had fled to <a href="/wiki/Jhang" title="Jhang">Jhang</a> during Ranjit Singh's invasion of Multan in 1805, persuaded Nawab Muzaffar to organise a tough resistance against Ranjit Singh, noting that Ranjit Singh was busy with Holkar-Lake incident.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGupta1991107_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGupta1991107-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ranjit Singh advanced and besieged Multan but the siege was raised after the Nawab yielded, paying some tribute and gifting 5 horses.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGupta1991107_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGupta1991107-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Fourth invasion in 1810 led due to Muzaffar Khan's refusal to pay tribute where Ranjit Singh captured the city and laid siege of the fort.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGupta1991107_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGupta1991107-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After a hard-fought battle over 2 months, Muzaffar Khan was defeated and submitted to paying tribute of 180,000 rupees along with 20 horses and a promise to pay annual tribute to Ranjit Singh. Fifth invasion occurred in 1812 but ended peacefully with successful negotiation of tribute.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGupta1991108_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGupta1991108-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The sixth invasion in 1815 led resulted from the annual tribute from Multan falling past due, resulting in a siege where the Sikhs scaled the walls of the fort, leading to Muzaffar Khan's submission and paying 200,000 rupees.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGupta1991108_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGupta1991108-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1816, Nawab realized tribute after brief resistance and continued to realize tribute the following year, but in August 1817, news of Nawab extorting money from the people of Multan resulting in their hardship, reached Lahore.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGupta1991108_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGupta1991108-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Tired of demands of tributes, Nawab Muzaffar Khan decided to militarily resist by putting the fort in a state of defence after repairing the fort and mounting guns and gathering resources, and this led to Ranjit Singh's final conquest of Multan in 1818, resulting in the capture and fall of the city, bringing the territory under the complete domain of Sikh Empire with the appointment of Sukh Dayal Khatri as the governor of Multan followed by Sham Singh Peshauriya.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGupta1991112_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGupta1991112-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Battle">Battle</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Siege_of_Multan_(1818)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Battle"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In early 1818, <a href="/wiki/Ranjit_Singh" title="Ranjit Singh">Ranjit Singh</a> ordered <a href="/wiki/Misr_Diwan_Chand" title="Misr Diwan Chand">Misr Diwan Chand</a> to <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rendezvous" class="extiw" title="wikt:rendezvous">rendezvous</a> on the south-west frontier of the Sikh Empire to make preparations for an expedition against Multan. By January 1818, the Sikh Empire had established an extensive <a href="/wiki/Supply_chain" title="Supply chain">supply chain</a> from the capital, <a href="/wiki/Lahore" title="Lahore">Lahore</a>, to Multan, with the use of boat transports to ferry supplies across the <a href="/wiki/Jhelum" title="Jhelum">Jhelum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chenab" class="mw-redirect" title="Chenab">Chenab</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Ravi_River" title="Ravi River">Ravi</a> rivers.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChopra192817_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChopra192817-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Datar_Kaur" title="Datar Kaur">Rani Raj Kaur</a> (Mai Nakkain) was given the command <sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of the food and ammunition supply additionally she, herself oversaw the steady supply of grain, horses, and ammunition being sent to the at <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kot_Kamalia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kot Kamalia (page does not exist)">Kot Kamalia</a>, a town equally distanced between Multan and Lahore.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChopra192817_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChopra192817-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In early January, Misr Diwan Chand began their campaign with the capture of <a href="/wiki/Nawab_Muzaffar_Khan" title="Nawab Muzaffar Khan">Nawab Muzaffar Khan</a>'s forts at <a href="/wiki/Muzaffargarh" title="Muzaffargarh">Muzaffargarh</a> and <a href="/wiki/Khangarh,_Punjab" title="Khangarh, Punjab">Khangarh</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In February, the Sikh force under actual command of <a href="/wiki/Misr_Diwan_Chand" title="Misr Diwan Chand">Misr Diwan Chand</a> and nominally under <a href="/wiki/Kharak_Singh" title="Kharak Singh">Kharak Singh</a><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> reached Multan and ordered Muzaffar to pay the large <a href="/wiki/Tribute" title="Tribute">tribute</a> he owed and to surrender the fort, but Muzaffar refused. The Sikh forces under <a href="/wiki/Misr_Diwan_Chand" title="Misr Diwan Chand">Misr Diwan Chand</a> won an engagement near the city but were unable to capture Muzaffar before he retreated into the fort. The Sikh army asked for more artillery and Ranjit Singh sent them the <a href="/wiki/Zamzama" title="Zamzama">Zamzama</a> and other large artillery pieces, which commenced fire on the walls of the fort. Muzaffar and his sons attempted a <a href="/wiki/Sortie" title="Sortie">sortie</a> to defend the fort but were killed in the battle. The siege of Multan ended significant <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghan</a> influence in the <a href="/wiki/Peshawar" title="Peshawar">Peshawar</a> region and led to the capture of <a href="/wiki/Peshawar" title="Peshawar">Peshawar</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Sikhs" title="Sikhs">Sikhs</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aftermath">Aftermath</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Siege_of_Multan_(1818)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Aftermath"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Sikh military leaders who had participated in this campaign were given inams and jagirs. ' Misr Diwan Chand, the main conqueror of Multan, was awarded the title of Zafar-Jang-Bahadur (the victorious in battle), and was also given a jagir worth 25,000 rupees and a khillat of the value of one lakh rupees.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Siege_of_Multan_(1818)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output 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href="#cite_note-Chopra17-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Siege_of_Multan_(1818)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Multan_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Siege of Multan (disambiguation)">Siege of Multan (disambiguation)</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Siege_of_Multan_(1818)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link 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