Siege of Sirhind
The Siege of Sirhind was fought between the Mughals and Sikh forces in 1710. The Sikhs besieged and stormed the city of Sirhind,[2] and captured the city and quickly moved on to attack the Mughals at the Battle of Rahon. Wazir Khan was beheaded in the battle. [1]
Battle of sirhind or chhapar chiri | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Part of Mughal-Sikh Wars | |||||||
| |||||||
Belligerents | |||||||
![]() | Mughal Empire | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
![]() | Wazir Khan | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
500 | 3,000[3] |
Aftermath
When the Mughals captured back Sirhind from Banda's forces in 1716, the mughals ordered that all men, women, and children be executed. All residents of Sirhind, whether they were men, women, or children, were burned alive or slain.[3]
gollark: Idea: swap pins every day at random.
gollark: Does anyone care if I delete all the "palaiologos pinned this" messages? They're spammy.
gollark: The makefile is to do this, however.
gollark: ```gcc -Wall -g src/host/posix.c -o src/host/posix/sbin/ld: /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/10.2.0/../../../../lib/Scrt1.o: in function `_start':(.text+0x24): undefined reference to `main'/sbin/ld: /tmp/ccraa3sh.o: in function `hostinit':/tmp/home/src/host/posix.c:13: undefined reference to `varset'/sbin/ld: /tmp/home/src/host/posix.c:15: undefined reference to `varset'/sbin/ld: /tmp/ccraa3sh.o: in function `hostfind':/tmp/home/src/host/posix.c:47: undefined reference to `xstrdup'/sbin/ld: /tmp/home/src/host/posix.c:49: undefined reference to `xmalloc'/sbin/ld: /tmp/home/src/host/posix.c:59: undefined reference to `xmalloc'/sbin/ld: /tmp/home/src/host/posix.c:62: undefined reference to `strlcpy'/sbin/ld: /tmp/home/src/host/posix.c:63: undefined reference to `strlcat'/sbin/ld: /tmp/home/src/host/posix.c:64: undefined reference to `strlcat'```
gollark: Huh. I can't actually compile it with `make`. What fun.
See also
References
- Jacques, Tony. Dictionary of Battles and Sieges. Greenwood Press. p. 948. ISBN 978-0-313-33536-5.
- Jacques, p. 595
- Syad Muhammad Latif (1964), History of the Panjab: From the Remotest Antiquity to Present Time, pp. 111–21
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.