Stratagem of Peshawar

The Stratagem of Peshawar was a campaign of the Durrani empire led by Azim Khan Barakzai against the Nawab of Amb, Mir Nawab Khan Tanoli. ^{[1] [2]} Azim Khan who was the half-brother of Dost Muhammad Khan, the King of Afghanistan. ^{[3] [4]}

Stratagem of Peshawar
Part of Conflict of Barakzai and Nawab of Amb
Date 13 October 1818 Location Peshawar near Jamrud Fort [5] Result Durrani (Barakzai) victory [5] [6]
Belligerents
Durrani Empire	Nawab of Amb
Commanders and leaders
Azim Khan Barakzai	Mir Nawab Khan Tanoli   †
Strength
40,000–45,000 [5]	12,000–15,000 [5]
Casualties and losses
800 people killed around 200 people serious injured.	Mir Nawab Khan Tanoli was Killed [6] around 800–1,000 people killed and other serious injured

Azim Khan invited Mir Nawab to settle the dispute between Amb and Durrani, but Azim Khan was actually readying for a battle there. When Mir Nawab and his few soldiers reached Jamrud, Azim Khan attacked Mir Nawab's army by encircling their army. The army of Mir Nawab was at a positional disadvantage on the battlefield against the guns and cannon of Azim Khan Barakzai.

As result, Mir Nawab Khan Tanoli was killed, resulting in a major loss to the Kingdom of Amb, which was already greatly embattled against the Sikh Empire. The Nawab of Amb lost their territory and was wiped out. ^[7]

Main Reason Behind war

The main reason for the war was a tax dispute that arose when Azim Khan's mother was traveling to Kashmir via Tanwal.

References

1. Imperial Gazette of India Page Number 218
2. Gulham Nabi Khan Al-Afghan Tanoli Page Number 32-42.
3. Al-Afghan Tanoli Gulham Nabi Khan Archive Page 20-28.
4. Bakshi, S. R. (1997). Kashmir : history and people. New Delhi: Sarup. p. 144. ISBN   81-85431-96-5. OCLC   40452761.
5. Lansford 2017, p. 20.
6. Jacques 2006, p. 400.
7. Tarikh-e- Hazara by Sher Bahadur Khan Punni Section Tanoli and Azim Barakzai

• Jacques, Tony (2006). Dictionary of Battles and Sieges. Greenwood Press. p. 400. ISBN   978-0-313-33536-5. Archived from the original on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2017-09-14.
• Lansford, Tom, ed. (2017). Political Handbook of the World 2016-2017. Volume 1. Thousand Oaks, California: SAGE Publishing. ISBN   978-1-5063-2718-1.