List of battles between Mughals and Sikhs

This is a list of battles and campaigns between Mughal and Sikh Misls armies, taking place in present-day
Pakistan and India in the 17th and 18th centuries.

Mughal-Sikh Wars
Date 1621- 11 March 1783
Battles
Location Punjab Delhi
Result Mughal victory
Territorial Mughals consolidate
changes central rule over the
Punjab and Delhi region
of the Indian
subcontinent

Belligerents
Mughal Sikhs (1621 - 1699)

Empire Khalsa (1699 -

Punjab 1748)

Subahdars Dal Khalsa (1748 -

1783)
Commanders and leaders
Mughal
Emperors
Guru Hargobind
Sahib

Guru Gobind
Aurangzeb
Singh

Mai Bhago

Bahadur Banda Singh

Shah I Bahadur †

Bhai Mani Singh

Jahandar Baba Darbara

Shah Singh

Nawab Kapur
Farrukh- Singh

Siyar Jassa Singh

Ahluwalia

Rafi-ud-
Baghel Singh

Darajat

Jassa Singh
Shah Ramgarhia

Jahan II
Charat Singh

Muhammad
Shah
 Ahmad
Shah
Punjab
Subahdars
Wazir
Khan †
(1701 -
1720)
Abd al-
Samad
Khan (1713
- 1726)

Zakariyya
Khan (1726
-1745)
Yahya
Khan (1745
- 1747)

Shahnawaz
Khan (1747
- 1748)
Moin-ul-
Mulk (1748
- 1752)
Name of conflict
Belligerents opponents Outcome
(Time)

Battle of Rohilla Mughal

Sikhs Sikhs victory
(1621) Empire
Mughal
Battle of Amritsar (1634) Sikhs Sikh victory
Empire
Battle of Lahira Mughal
Sikhs sikhs victory
(1634) Empire
Battle of Kartarpur Mughal
Sikhs Sikhs victory
(1635) Empire
Battle of Bhangani Mughal
Sikhs Sikhs victory
(1686 to 1688) Empire
Sikhs
Battle of Nadaun Mughal
,Chandel of Combine victory of Sikhs and Chandel of kahlur
(1691) Empire
kahlur
Mughal
Battle of Guler (1696) Sikhs Sikhs Victory
Empire
Mughal
Empire,
Battle of Anandpur (1700) Khalsa Khalsa Victory
Sivalik Hills
Raja
Mughal
Empire,
Battle of Anandpur (1701) Khalsa Hindu Khalsa Victory
Raja's of
Sivalik Hills
Battle of Nirmohgadh Mughal
Khalsa Khalsa Victory
(1702) Empire
Battle of Basoli Mughal
Khalsa Khalsa victory
(1702)[1] Empire

Mughal
First Battle of Chamkaur Empire,
Khalsa Khalsa Victory
(1702) Raja's of
Sivalik Hills
Mughal Mughals Victory
Empire
Battle of Anandpur (1704) Khalsa Mughal and Hill's Raja's betrayed the Sikhs and
Raja's of
Sivalik Hills broke the vows of their God and the Quran.

Mughal Mughals victory

Battle of Sarsa Empire,
Khalsa The Mughals and Hill's kings betrayed the Sikhs
(1704) Sivalik Hills
Raja's and broke the vows of their God and the Quran.

Inconclusive
Mughal
Battle of Shahi Tibbi Empire, The Mughals and Hill's kings were forced to
Khalsa retreat and the Sikhs fought bravely along with
(1704) Sivalik Hills
Raja's Baba Ajit Singh Ji and those Sikhs gained
martyrdom excluding Baba Ajit Singh Ji.

Battle of Chamkaur Mughals victory

Mughal
Khalsa
(1704)[2][3][4][5] Empire Mughals Failed to Capture Guru Gobind Singh
Battle of Muktsar Khalsa Mughal Khalsa Victory
(1705) Empire
Wazir Khan retreat

Bahadur Shah Victory

Seeing the complex situation in Malwa, Bahadur

Battle of Jajau Bahadur Muhammad Shah asked Guru Gobind Singh for help. The
[6][7][8][9] Shah I Azam Guru sent Bhai Dharam Singh to fight with 300
soldiers. Tara Azam was shot in the eye with
one of the Sikh soldier's arrows.

Battle of Sonepat Khalsa victory

Mughal
Khalsa
(1709)[10] Empire Part of Banda Singh Bahadur Military conquest

Khalsa Victory
Battle of Samana Mughal
Khalsa
(1709) Empire Banda Singh Bahadur capture Samana

Khalsa victory
Battle of Chappar Chiri Mughal Wazir Khan was killed by Fateh Singh
Khalsa
(1710) Empire Estabilment of Sikh rule from Lahore to the
Sanctum Sanctorum of Delhi

Khalsa victory

Siege of Sirhind Mughal Sucha Nand killed by Banda Singh Bahadur and
Khalsa Thousands of Mughals Soldiers killed by Sikhs
(1710) Empire
and those people who are involved in Martyrdom
of Guru Gobind Singh younger sons

Battle of Sadhaura Khalsa Victory

Mughal
Khalsa
(1710)[11][12][10][13] Empire Banda Singh Bahadur capture Sadhaura

Mughal
Battle of Rahon (1710) Khalsa Khalsa Victory
Empire
Mughal
Battle of Jalalabad (1710) Khalsa Khalsa Victory
Empire
Mughal
Battle of Thanesar (1710) Khalsa Mughal Victory
Empire
Siege of Lohgarh Mughal
Khalsa Mughal victory
(1710) Empire
Battle of Jammu Mughal
Khalsa Mughal Victory
(1712) Empire
Mughal Victory
Siege of Gurdaspur Mughal
Khalsa Banda Singh Bahadur captured by Mughal
(1715) Empire
forces after 8 month Siege

Killing of Jaspat Sikh victory

Mughal
Sikhs
Rai(1746)[14] Empire Faujdar Jaspat Rai killed was by Nibahu Singh

Bharatpur
State
Mughal
Battle of Delhi (1764) Bharatpur Victory
Dal Empire
Khalsa

Campaign
against Zain
1764
Khan
Sirhindi[15]
 Multan
1772
Campaign[16]
Mughal
Battle of Delhi (1783) Sikh Misls Sikh victory
Empire

See also
List of battles involving the Sikh Empire
Afghan-Sikh Wars
Chhota Ghallughara
Indian Campaign of Ahmad Shah Durrani
Mughal–Maratha Wars
Rajput Rebellion
List of wars involving the Mughal Empire

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