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The '''Battle of Mangal''' was fought between the Sikh forces led by [[Hari Singh Nalwa]] and the [[Jadoon tribe|Jadoon]], [[Tanoli|Tanaoli]] and [[Swati tribe]]s led by Mahomed Khan, [[Bostan Khan]] and Najeebullah Swati.<ref>{{Cite book |last=ABDUR RAHIM SWATI |url=http://archive.org/details/tahqeequlafghan_201912 |title=تحقیق الافغان مکمل |date=2019-12-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Punjab Government|url=http://archive.org/details/gaz-hazara-1883 |title=Gazetteer of the Hazara District 1883-4 [Punjab] |date=1884}}</ref>{{Infobox military conflict
The '''Battle of Mangal''' was fought between the Sikh forces led by [[Hari Singh Nalwa]] and the [[Jadoon tribe|Jadoon]], [[Tanoli|Tanaoli]] and [[Swati tribe]]s led by Mahomed Khan, [[Bostan Khan]] and Najeebullah Swati.<ref>{{Cite book |last=ABDUR RAHIM SWATI |url=http://archive.org/details/tahqeequlafghan_201912 |title=تحقیق الافغان مکمل |date=2019-12-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Punjab Government|url=http://archive.org/details/gaz-hazara-1883 |title=Gazetteer of the Hazara District 1883-4 [Punjab] |date=1884}}</ref>
| conflict = Battle of Mangal
| place = [[Mangli]], [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province]] ([[Pakistan]])
| partof = [[Afghan–Sikh Wars]]
| date = 10 November 1821
| result = Sikh victory
| combatant1 = [[File:Sikh Empire flag.jpg|30px]] [[Sikh Empire]]
| combatant2 = [[Jadoon tribe|Jadoon]], [[Tanoli|Tanoli]] and [[Swati tribe|Swati tribe]]s
| commander1 = [[File:Sikh Empire flag.jpg|20px]] [[Hari Singh Nalwa]]
| commander2 = {{Nowrap|''[[Sardār]]'' [[Bostan Khan]] [[Tareen]]}}<br>Mohammad Khan Tareen<br>[[File:Sardar-e-Alha Khankhail Flag.jpg|29px]] Najeebullah Khankhail Swati
| strength1 =
| strength2 =
| casualties1 =
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}}
{{Campaignbox Afghan-Sikh Wars}}{{Military campaigns of Hari Singh Nalwa}}
{{Campaignbox Afghan-Sikh Wars}}{{Military campaigns of Hari Singh Nalwa}}

==Background and Battle==
{{unreliable sources|date=June 2023}}
[[Maharaja Ranjit Singh]] deployed [[Hari Singh Nalwa]]. He marched by [[Muzaffarabad]] and [[Pakhli]] with 7,000 foot soldiers under his command.<ref name="Gazetter">{{Cite book|date=1884 |url=https://archive.org/details/gaz-hazara-1883/page/23/mode/2up?q=Mangal|title=Gazetteer of the Hazara District 1883-4 [Punjab]|publisher=Punjab Government|pages=23–25}}</ref> When he reached Mangal, he found around 25,000 pashtun and hazara troops and their leader, Mohammad Khan Tarain, who opposed the Sikh's passage attacked the Sikhs.<ref name="Sandhu">{{Cite book |last=Sandhu |first=Autar Singh |date=1935 |url=https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.236219/page/23/mode/2up?q=Mangal|title=General Hari Singh Nalwa 1791-1837 (1935)|pages=23–24|publisher=Cunningham Historical Society, Lahore }}</ref> Despite being outnumbered, the Sikhs defeated their opponents with a loss of 2,000 men.<ref name="sharma">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i4yUBgAAQBAJ&q=abortive+attempt+on+kashmir+nalwa&pg=PA5|title=International Journal of Research
|author= Shashikant Nishant Sharma|date=25 March 2014
|isbn=9781304977151|pages=6–7|publisher=Lulu.com
}}</ref>

==Aftermath==

The Jaduns to save their town paid down a fine of 5 and a half rupees per house to the Sikhs.<ref name="Hazara">{{Cite book |last=Wace |first=E.G. |date=1876 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bMPTuskHAqUC|title=Report of the Land Revenue Settlement of the Hazara District of the Punjab, 1868-74|pages=21}}</ref><ref name="Gazetter" /> Hari Singh Nalwa then build a fort at [[Nawanshahr]].<ref name="Hazara2">{{Cite book |last=Watson |first=H.D. |date=1907 |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.31463/page/n175/mode/2up|title=Gazetteer Of The Hazara District, 1907|pages=127}}</ref> The Maharaja partly pleased with treasures and partly to reward his lieutenant for the victory, made Hari Singh Nalwa the governor of the entirety of Hazara.<ref name="Gazetter" /><ref name="Hazara2" />


== See also ==
== See also ==

Revision as of 02:24, 18 May 2024

The Battle of Mangal was fought between the Sikh forces led by Hari Singh Nalwa and the Jadoon, Tanaoli and Swati tribes led by Mahomed Khan, Bostan Khan and Najeebullah Swati.[1][2]

See also

References

  1. ^ ABDUR RAHIM SWATI (2019-12-25). تحقیق الافغان مکمل.
  2. ^ Punjab Government (1884). Gazetteer of the Hazara District 1883-4 [Punjab].