List of battles between Mughals and Sikhs

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This is a list of battles and campaigns between [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] and [[Sikh Misl]]s armies, taking place in present-day [[Pakistan]] and [[India]] in the 17th and 18th centuries.

{{Infobox military conflict
| conflict = Mughal-Sikh Wars
| place = [[Punjab]]
| combatant1 = [[File:Alam of the Mughal Empire.svg|25px]] [[Mughal Empire]] [[File:Alam of the Mughal Empire.svg|25px]] [[Lahore Subah|Punjab Subedars]]
| combatant2 = [[File:Nishan Sahib.svg|25px]] [[Sikhs]] (1688 - 1699) [[File:Sikh_flag.jpg|25px]] [[Khalsa]] (1699 - 1748) [[File:Sikh flag.jpg|25px]] [[Dal Khalsa (Sikh Empire)|Dal Khalsa]] (1748 - 1752)
| date = 22 September 1688 - 6 March 1752
| commander1 = '''[[Mughal Emperors]]''' [[File:Alam of the Mughal Empire.svg|20px]] [[Aurangzeb]] [[File:Alam of the Mughal Empire.svg|20px]] [[Bahadur Shah I]] [[File:Alam of the Mughal Empire.svg|20px]] [[Jahandar Shah]] [[File:Alam of the Mughal Empire.svg|20px]] [[Farrukhsiyar]] [[File:Alam of the Mughal Empire.svg|20px]] [[Rafi ud-Darajat]] [[File:Alam of the Mughal Empire.svg|20px]] [[Shah Jahan II]] [[File:Alam of the Mughal Empire.svg|20px]] [[Muhammad Shah]] [[File:Alam of the Mughal Empire.svg|20px]] [[Ahmad Shah Bahadur]] '''[[Lahore Subah|Punjab Subedars]]''' [[File:Alam of the Mughal Empire.svg|20px]] [[Wazir Khan (Sirhind)|Wazir Khan]]{{KIA}} (1701 - 1720) [[File:Alam of the Mughal Empire.svg|20px]] [[Abd al-Samad Khan]] (1713 - 1726) [[File:Alam of the Mughal Empire.svg|20px]] [[Zakariya Khan Bahadur]] (1726 -1745) [[File:Alam of the Mughal Empire.svg|20px]] Jahiya Khan (1745 - 1747) [[File:Alam of the Mughal Empire.svg|20px]] Shahnawaj Khan (1747 - 1748) [[File:Alam of the Mughal Empire.svg|20px]] [[Moin-ul-Mulk]] (1748 - 1752)
| commander2 = [[File:Nishan Sahib.svg|20px]] [[Guru Gobind Singh]] [[File:Sikh_flag.jpg|20px]] [[Banda Singh Bahadur]]{{KIA}} [[File:Sikh_flag.jpg|20px]] [[Bhai Mani Singh]] [[File:Sikh_flag.jpg|20px]] [[Baba Darbara Singh]] [[File:Sikh_flag.jpg|20px]] [[Nawab Kapur Singh]] [[File:Sikh_flag.jpg|20px]] [[Jassa Singh Ahluwalia]] [[File:Sikh_flag.jpg|20px]] [[Baghel Singh]] [[File:Sikh_flag.jpg|20px]] [[Jassa Singh Ramgarhia]] [[File:Sikh_flag.jpg|20px]] [[Ala Singh]]
| result = Sikh Victory
| territory = Sikhs consolidate central rule over the Punjab region of the [[Indian subcontinent]]
}}
__NOTOC__Hardyal Singh Sandhu

==Battles==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"
!style="width:3em"|Date!!Name
|-
|1621
|[[Battle of Rohilla]]
|-
|1634
|[[Battle of Amritsar (1634)|Battle of Amritsar]]
|-
|1634
|[[Battle of Amritsar (1634)|Battle of Lahira]]
|-
|1635
|[[Battle of Kartarpur]]
|-
|1686
|[[Battle of Bhangani]]<ref name="BN">''[[Bichitra Natak]]''. [http://www.sridasam.org/dasam?Action=Page&p=148 Chapter 8, Chaupai 34] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717022140/http://www.sridasam.org/dasam?Action=Page&p=148 |date=2011-07-17 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title= The Sikhs : Their Journey Of Five Hundred Years|author= Raj Pal Singh|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=ra19YSPDliQC&q=hargobind+jahangir&pg=PA21|publisher= Pentagon Press|year= 2004|isbn= 9788186505465|page= 35}}</ref>
|-
|1691
|[[Battle of Nadaun]]

|-
|1696
|[[Battle of Guler (1696)|Battle of Guler]]
|-
|1691
|[[Battle of Nadaun]]
|-
|1700
|[[Battle of Anandpur (1700)]]
|-
|1701
|[[Battle of Anandpur (1701)]]
|-
|1702
|[[Battle of Nirmohgarh (1702)|Battle of Nirmohgadh (1702)]]
|-
|1702
|[[Battle of Basoli]]<ref>{{cite book|title= History of Sikh Gurus Retold: 1606–1708 C.E|author= Surjit Singh Gandhi|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=vZFBp89UInUC&q=hargobind+jahangir&pg=PA505|publisher= Atlantic Publishers & Dist.|year= 2007|isbn= 9788126908585|page= 820}}</ref>
|-
|1702
|[[First Battle of Chamkaur]]
|-
|1702
|[[Battle of Nirmohgarh (1702)|Battle of Nirmohgarh]]
|-
|1703
|[[Battle of Bassi Kalan]]<ref>{{Cite book|title=Twarikh Guru Khalsa (Part 2)|publisher=[[CSJSt]]|year=2012|isbn=978-9380323459}}</ref>
|-
|1704
|[[Second Battle of Anandpur|Battle of Anandpur (1704)]]
|-
|1704
|[[Battle of Sarsa]]
|-
|1704
|[[Battle of Chamkaur (1704)|Second Battle of Chamkaur]]<ref>{{cite book |title=Guru Gobind Singh: Prophet of peace |isbn=9380213646|last1=Raju|first1=Karam Singh|year=1999}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_vQtDwAAQBAJ&q=battle+of+chamkaur+evidence&pg=PT144 | title=Punjab Reconsidered: History, Culture, and Practice| isbn=978-0-19-908877-5| last1=Malhotra| first1=Anshu| last2=Mir| first2=Farina| date=2012-02-21}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aUUfAQAAQBAJ&q=battle+of+chamkaur+evidence&pg=PA98 |title = The Sikh Zafar-namah of Guru Gobind Singh: A Discursive Blade in the Heart of the Mughal Empire|isbn = 978-0-19-993145-3|last1 = Fenech|first1 = Louis E.|year = 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title= History of Sikh Gurus Retold: 1606–1708 C.E|author= Surjit Singh Gandhi|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=vZFBp89UInUC&q=hargobind+jahangir&pg=PA822|publisher= Atlantic Publishers & Dist.|year= 2007|isbn= 9788126908585|page= 822}}</ref>
|-
|1705
|[[Battle of Muktsar]]
|-
|1707
|[[Battle of Jajau]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=EPISODE-39 (PANJ PYARE-2 BHAI DHARAM SINGH & DR, DAULAT SNGH) – Avatar Meher Baba Prasar Kendra|url=http://ambprasarkendra.com/category/semblance-of-episodes/episode-39-panj-pyare-2-bhai-dharam-singh-of-guru-gobind-singh-dr-daulat-sngh-of-avatar-meher-baba/|access-date=2020-10-16|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Punj Piare ~ Bhai Dharam Singh {{!}} Anandpur Sahib {{!}} SinghSahib.com ~ a complete portal on Sikhism|url=http://www.singhsahib.com/punj-piare-bhai-dharam-singh.php|access-date=2020-10-16|website=www.singhsahib.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Tree|first=Speaking|date=2016-12-01|title=Bhai Dharam Singh|url=https://www.speakingtree.in/blog/bhai-dharam-singh|access-date=2020-10-16|website=Speaking Tree|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Gurdwara Bhai Daya Singh Bhai Dharam Singh Nanded {{!}} Discover Sikhism|url=http://www.discoversikhism.com/sikh_gurdwaras/gurdwara_bhai_daya_singh_bhai_dharam_singh_nanded.html|access-date=2020-10-16|website=www.discoversikhism.com}}</ref>
|-
|1709
|[[Battle of Sonepat]]<ref name="auto">{{Google books |id=NbUB_ACAR5QC |page=506 |title=History of Islam }}</ref>
|-
|1709
|[[Battle of Samana]]
|-
|1710
|[[Battle of Chappar Chiri]]
|-
|1710
|[[Siege of Sirhind]]
|-
|1710
|[[Battle of Sadhaura]]<ref>{{cite book|last=Sagoo|first=Harbans|title=Banda Singh Bahadur and Sikh Sovereignty|year=2001|publisher=Deep & Deep Publications|url=https://archive.org/stream/BandaSinghBahadurAndSikhSovereignty/BandaSinghBahadurAndSikhSovereignty_djvu.txt}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title= The Sikhs : Their Journey Of Five Hundred Years|author= Raj Pal Singh|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=ra19YSPDliQC&q=hargobind+jahangir&pg=PA21|publisher= Pentagon Press|year= 2004|isbn= 9788186505465|pages= 46–47}}</ref><ref name="auto" /><ref>{{cite book|last=Singha|first=H.S.|title=Sikh Studies, Book 7|year=2005|publisher=Hemkunt Press|isbn=9788170102458|page=34}}</ref>
|-
|1710
|[[Battle of Rahon (1710)|Battle of Rahon]]
|-
|1710
|[[Battle of Jalalabad (1710)|Battle of Jalalabad]]
|-
|1710
|[[Battle of Thanesar (1710)|Battle of Thanesar]]
|-
|1710
|[[Battle of Lohgarh|Siege of Lohgarh]]
|-
|1712
|[[Battle of Jammu]]
|-
|1715
|[[Siege of Gurdaspur]]
|-
|1715
|[[Battle of Gurdas Nangal]]
|-
|1746
|Killing of [[Jaspat Rai]]<ref>{{cite book|last1=Grewal|first1=J. S.|title=The Sikhs of the Punjab, Volumes 2-3|date=1998|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=9780521637640|page=[https://archive.org/details/sikhsofpunjab0000grew/page/90 90]|url=https://archive.org/details/sikhsofpunjab0000grew/page/90}}</ref>
|-

|1764
|Campaign against [[Zain Khan Sirhindi]]<ref name="google">{{cite book|title=Advance Study in the History of Modern India (Volume-1: 1707-1803)|author=Chhabra, G.S.|date=2005|publisher=Lotus Press|isbn=9788189093068|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UkDi6rVbckoC|page=36|access-date=2015-04-10}}</ref>
|-
|1772
|[[Multan]] Campaign<ref name="Ahmed">{{cite book|last1=Ahmed|first1=Farooqui Salma|title=A Comprehensive History of Medieval India: Twelfth to the Mid-Eighteenth Century|date=2011|publisher=Pearson Education India|isbn=9788131732021}}</ref>
|-
|1783
|[[Battle of Delhi (1783)|Battle of Delhi]]
|}

== See also ==
* [[List of battles involving the Sikh Empire]]
* [[Afghan-Sikh Wars]]
* [[Chhota Ghallughara]]
* [[Indian Campaign of Ahmad Shah Durrani]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

;Sources:
*{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KDlFDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA574 |title=War and Religion: An Encyclopedia of Faith and Conflict |editor1-first=Jeffrey M. |editor1-last=Shaw |editor2-first=Timothy J. |editor2-last=Demy |publisher=ABC-CLIO |year=2017 |isbn=978-1-61069-517-6 |pages=574–577}}
*{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Dh6jydKXikoC&pg=PA485 |title=Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: F-O |first=Tony |last=Jacques |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |year=2007 |isbn=978-0-313-33536-5 |page=421}}

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[[Category:Battles involving the Sikhs]]
[[Category:Wars involving the states and peoples of Asia]]
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[[Category:18th-century conflicts]]
[[Category:Wars involving the Mughal Empire]]

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