The Battle of Haidru, also called Battle of Attock, was fought in 1828 by the Sikh forces led by Hari Singh Nalwa and the Mujahideen forces led by Syed Ahmad Barelvi.
| Battle of Haidru | |||||||
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| Part of Jihad movement of Ahmad Barelvi | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Sikh Empire |
 Mujahideen | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Hari Singh Nalwa |
Syed Ahmad Barelvi | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 20,000[1] | Unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown | three-fourth of the army killed[2] | ||||||
Background and Battle
editAfter being unsuccessful with Peshawar, Sayyid Ahmad Barelvi made a plan to take over Attock.[2] However, Khadi Khan of Hund who was a close ally of Sayyid betrayed the Mujahideen and told the plan to Hari Singh Nalwa, and the plan failed.[3][4] After the battle, Sayyid moved to the west of the Indus.[2]
Aftermath
editAfter the treachery of Khadi Khan, Sayyid defeated and killed him in 1829 at the battle of Hund.[5]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Rishi Singh (2014). State Formation and the Establishment of Non-Muslim Hegemony. SAGE Publications India. ISBN 9789351505044.
- ^ a b c Hari Ram Gupta (1991). History Of The Sikhs Vol. V The Sikh Lion of Lahore (Maharaja Ranjit Singh, 1799-1839). Munshiram Manoharlal. p. 163. ISBN 9788121505154.
- ^ Journal of the United Service Institution of India. Vol. 19–20. 1890. p. 183.
- ^ CAPTAIN P. L. N. CAVAGNARI (1875). selections from the records of the government of the punjab and its dependencies. p. 45.
- ^ A History of the Freedom Movement: 1707-1831. 1957. p. 594.