Battle of Jammu (1712)

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Battle of Jammu
Part of Mughal–Sikh Wars
Date22 January 1712
Location
Jammu
Result Mughal Victory [1]
Belligerents
Kattar Dhal Talwar.png First Sikh State Alam of the Mughal Empire.svg Mughal Empire
Commanders and leaders
Kattar Dhal Talwar.png Banda Singh Bahadur Alam of the Mughal Empire.svg Rustamdil Khan
Alam of the Mughal Empire.svg Muhammad Amin
Alam of the Mughal Empire.svg Raja Dhruv Dev
Casualties and losses
500 Unknown

The Battle of Jammu was fought between the Sikhs under the command of Banda Singh Bahadur against the Mughal forces near the hills of Jammu on 22 January 1712. [1] The Mughals were able to achieve victory against the Sikhs. Raja Dhruv Dev of Jammu supported Mughals. [1] [2]

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Background

After the killing of Mughal commanders, Shamas Khan and Bayazid Khan near Bahranpur, the Sikhs under Banda Singh Bahadur began occupying the cities of Pasrur and Aurangabad. [3] The Mughal forces under the leadership of Rustamdil Khan, the commander-in-chief of the Sikh campaigns in Jammu, with the assistance of Muhammad Amin Khan Turani were able to defeat the Sikhs near Pasrur and pursued the Sikhs into the hills of Jammu. [3] [1] [4]

Battle

Muhammad Amin Khan soon joined both Rustamdil Khan and Aghar Khan and combined their forces in an attempt to encircle the Sikhs. [3] However, the Sikhs were able to cut through the Mughal lines and escape. [3] Rustamdil Khan then proceeded to commit atrocities on the villages of Parol and Kathua and sold its men and women in the slave markets of Lahore due to him suspecting the villagers to be Sikhs. [3] [2] Muhammad Amin advanced upon Jammu and was able to kill 500 Sikhs. [2] [1] Banda Singh however was able to escape. [2]

Aftermath

Banda Singh was able to escape from the hills of Jammu and was successful in retaking both Sadhaura and Lohgarh. [2] [5] After the death of Bahadur Shah I, a civil war would ensue between Bahadur Shah's successors in March of 1712. [2] Jahandar Shah would succeed Bahadur Shah as the new Mughal emperor and sent Muhammad Amin Khan to retake Sadaura from the Sikhs. [5] Muhammad Amin Khan however failed in retaking Sadhaura and was soon recalled by Jahandar Shah to join him on his expedition in Agra against Jahandar Shah's nephew, Farrukhsiyar. After achieving victory in the Mughal civil war, Farrukhsiyar was crowned as the new Mughal emperor and he led a new campaign against the Sikhs which eventually led to the capture and execution of Banda Singh Bahadur in 1716. [2]

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