Dulla kidnapped two of Akbar’s wives who were going for the Haj pilgrimage. This infuriated Akbar and he ordered immediate capture or killing of Dulla and the safe release of his queens. A huge army was sent for the task, and Dulla would not binge. People of that area wanted to save Dulla and tried to distract the army; so much so that one girl tried to lure the army chief.Some say Dulla’s guerrilla tactics invited the wrath of Akbar who sent his two commanders, Mirza Allaauddin and Ziauddin, to attack Sandalwal (present-day Pindi Bhattian) and bring Dulla Bhatti alive to the court. If not Dulla then the order was to imprison all his relatives, including his mother and other female members.Both the commanders, with 120,000 troops, attack Dulla’s state. Dulla had gone to Chiniot, and in his absence the women were captured by the Mughal commanders, but not without resistance. One of the commanders was killed by a woman Gujri, who sneaked into the camp of the commander and killed him with her dagger.When Dulla heard that his women had been imprisoned by the Mughal forces, he immediately rushed back. The poet says: Mein bhoran Dilli dey kingrey tey bhajarr paa dian takht Lahore (I will humble the fort of Delhi and upset the throne of Lahore).Anyway, Dulla fought bravely and for once the mughal army had to call for reinforcements because the rebels and the public support were too hot to handle. Dulla's son was killed in the war.Dulla said: "Listen comrades; and in a moment the saddles were on, with the goldlaced saddle cloth. On both sides they attacked and came into action. Swords rang in the field and (Dulla’s men) slew right and left. The king’s forces fled, fled the Mughals and Pathans." According to all versions of the war, the Mughal commander was about to be killed by Dulla when he rushed to Laddhi, Dulla’s mother and sought refuge and pardon. And said Laddhi: Listen Dulla, my son, if you slay him you will defile my thirty-two streams of milk. The Mughal commander was spared and ultimately that brought Dulla to Akbar’s prison at Lahore where he was publicly hanged in Nakhas Mandi (today’s Landa Bazaar)
