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| Battle of Jammu | |||||||
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| Part ofMughal–Sikh Wars | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 First Sikh State |
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| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Banda Singh Bahadur |  Rustamdil KhanMuhammad Amin Aghar Khan Raja Dhruv Dev | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 500 | Unknown | ||||||
TheBattle of Jammu was fought between the Sikhs under the command ofBanda Singh Bahadur against theMughal forces near the hills ofJammu on 22 January 1712.[1] The Mughals were able to achieve a victory against the Sikhs.Raja Dhruv Dev of Jammu supported the Mughals.[1][2]
After the killing of the Mughal commanders Shamas Khan and Bayazid Khan near Bahranpur, the Sikhs under Banda Singh Bahadur began occupying the cities ofPasrur and Aurangabad.[3] The Mughal forces under the leadership of Rustamdil Khan, the commander-in-chief of the Sikh campaigns inJammu, with the assistance ofMuhammad Amin Khan Turani were able to defeat the Sikhs near Pasrur. They pursued the Sikhs to the hills of Jammu.[3][1][4]
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 ofParol andKathua and sold its men and women in the slave markets ofLahore, because he suspected that the villagers were 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]
Banda Singh was able to escape from the hills of Jammu and was successful in retaking bothSadhaura andLohgarh.[2][5] After the death ofBahadur Shah I, a civil war would ensue between Bahadur Shah's successors in March 1712.[2]Jahandar Shah would succeed Bahadur Shah as the new Mughal emperor and send Muhammad Amin Khan to retake Sahdaura 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 inAgra against Jahandar Shah's nephew,Farrukhsiyar. After achieving victory in the Mughal civil war, Farrukhsiyar was crowned as the newMughal emperor and he led a new campaign against the Sikhs which eventually led to the capture and execution ofBanda Singh Bahadur in 1716.[2]
Jammu , Rustam Dil Khan , the noble - in - charge of the Sikh campaigns , evidently fearing strong resistance from the chief as well , asked the emperor to depute an additional detachment under his command.106 Imperial farmans , along
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