Capture of Peshawar (1758)
Part of Afghan-Sikh Wars
DateSpring of 1758
Location
Peshawar
34°00′54″N 71°31′26″E / 34.0151°N 71.524°E / 34.0151; 71.524
Result Maratha and Sikh allied victory
Belligerents
Maratha Empire
Sikh Confederacy		 Durrani Empire
Capture of Peshawar (1758) is located in South Asia
Capture of Peshawar (1758)
Location within South Asia

The Capture of Peshawar took place in the spring of 1758[1] when the Sikh Confederacy and the Maratha Empire defeated the Afghan forces led by Timur Shah Durrani.[2][3][4][5] The Marathas and Sikhs were victorious and Peshawar was annexed into the Maratha Empire.[4][6][5] Before that, the fort of Peshawar was being guarded by Afghan troops under Timur Shah Durrani and Jahan Khan. When Raghunathrao and Malhar Rao Holkar left for the Deccan, Tukoji Rao Holkar was given the charge of Peshawar with 10,000 Maratha troops.[7]

Aftermath

Peshawar was captured on 8 May 1758 by the Maratha Empire from the Durrani Empire. The Marathas were victorious in the campaign in the province and Peshawar was captured. After being defeated by the army of Marathas, the Durranis with Jahan Khan and Timur Shah Durrani left the fort and fled to Afghanistan.[8][5]

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References

  1. ^ Alexander Mikaberidze (22 July 2011). Conflict and Conquest in the Islamic World: A Historical Encyclopedia [2 Volumes]. p. 43. ISBN 9781598843378. The Marathas, assisted by Sikhs, defeated the Afghans and captured Attock, Peshwar and Multan in the spring of 1758.
  2. ^ Tom Lansford (2017). Afghanistan at War: From the 18th-Century Durrani Dynasty to the 21st Century. ABC-CLIO. p. 150. ISBN 9781598847604. However, Timur Shah was driven out of Peshawar in 1758 following his defeat by the Maratha Empire.
  3. ^ Hari Ram Gupta (1961). Marathas and Panipat. Chandigarh: Panjab University. p. 97. Other contemporary Persian records mention that "Tukoji and other cavalry officers sent by Rao Malharji Holkar and Rao Jankoji Sindhia arrived at Peshawar."
  4. ^ a b Mehta, Jaswant Lal (2005). Advanced Study in the History of Modern India 1707-1813. New Dawn Press, Incorporated. p. 256. ISBN 9781932705546. "The province of Multan and northwest frontier were also overrun by Marathas and the forts of Peshawar and Attock were garrisoned by their troops"
  5. ^ a b c Barua, Pradeep (2005). The state at war in South Asia. University of Nebraska Press. p. 55. ISBN 9780803213449. The Marathas attacked soon after and, with some help from the Sikhs, managed to capture Attock, Peshawar, and Multan between April and May 1758.
  6. ^ Pletcher, Kenneth (2010). The History of India. Britannica Educational Pub. p. 198. ISBN 9781615301225.
  7. ^ Mehta, Jaswant Lal (2005). Advanced Study in the History of Modern India 1707-1813. New Dawn Press, Incorporated. p. 237. ISBN 9781932705546. Subsequently , Tukoji Holkar , with 10,000 Maratha soldiers , was posted at Peshawar and Narsoji Pandit took charge of the fort of Attock with a contingent of 4,000 troops.
  8. ^ War, Culture and Society in Early Modern South Asia, 1740-1849

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