Sikh Warrior Hari Singh Nalwa Tops list of " Top Ten World Conquerors"

[touela]

Though he was a general but Hazrat Khalid bin Walid (RA) was also a genius conquering vast areas in only a couple of years....

 

[waz]

He was good warrior but very localised and shouldn't be in a top ten list.

 

[Darth Vader]

Though he was a general but Hazrat Khalid bin Walid (RA) was also a genius conquering vast areas in only a couple of years....

Majority of historians just ignore Muslim conquerors no idea why , If you see these one they faced really difficult odds , conquered and made one of the biggest empire , destroyed super powers of their times

For me No one Can Beat Hazrat Khalid Bin Walid ( RA )that man was genius in battlefield

 

[PWFI]

Proud son of Gujranwala, there should be something named after him just like Raja Porus, why not to change the name of Gujranwala to Hari singh nalwa?!

The most impressives army generals in history are Gengis khan, Khalid bin Walid and Hanibal and only god can judge who is number one among them

 

[SQ8]

The source is a little too openly one sided to take any of it seriously.

 

[Samandri]

He was one of the generals of Ranjeet Singh, not commander-in-chief. And shouldnt be his master Ranjeet Singh called the conqueror?.We can not say Man Singh was a great conqueror, he was a a general of Akbar.

Also he didnt conquer Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, he was appointed governor of Hazara and Peshawar to pacify the insurgency, the areas were conquered earlier by other commanders. His reputation stems from not pissing in his pants when faced with multiple uprisings unlike his predecessors. That being said, it was no easy task dealing with Pashtun tribesmen even though they were poorly armed , lacked artillery and discipline. At one occasion, a small party of Mashwani tribesmen ambushed his 10,000 strong army, 500 of his soldiers got killed while rest fled .He himself barely escaped, and sustained heavy injuries. In of these deadly encounters this great conqueror got killed at Jamrud while retreating to the fort after defeat.

Only Hazara and Peshwer were directly ruled by governors like him. Kohat, Bannu and DI Khan were tributary. The size of entire Sikh Kingdom was not that great and share of Hari singh in conquests was small in this modest size kingdom

 

[AgNoStiC MuSliM]

Sikh warrior Hari Singh Nalwa has topped the list of Top Ten conquerors of the History

Regardless of the veracity of the ranking, Pakistan should celebrate her non-Muslim heritage and history

 

[Samandri]

Proud son of Gujranwala, there should be something named after him just like Raja Porus, why not to change the name of Gujranwala to Hari singh nalwa?!

The most impressives army generals in history are Gengis khan, Khalid bin Walid and Hanibal and only god can judge who is number one among them

A missile should be named after him. Hari Singh Missile. This missile wont be for India, but for the North-West region of Pakistan whenever any type of insurgency occurs there.

 

[PWFI]

A missile should be named after him. Hari Singh Missile. This missile wont be for India, but on the North-West region of Pakistan whenever any type of insurgency occurs there.

Fence the western border with mines and call it Hari singh nalwa fence line.

 

[Samandri]

Regardless of the veracity of the ranking, Pakistan should celebrate her non-Muslim heritage and history

If you were student of Mutala-e-Pakistan, you must have noticed that one of the important topic was Mujahideen movement led by Syed Ahmad Bareilwi, which was against these Sikhs and their occupation of Peshawar and Hazara. So it would be a conflict, to call Hari Singh and Ranjeet Singh hero as it would mean Pashtuns of Peshwar and Mujahideen were villains. It was not an Innocent war between two qaums or tribes, Sikhs had waged their own holy war against muslims. This Hari Singh is regarded as fanatic among the Sikhs by Western historians, he despised muslims and among muslims he despised Afghans the most. To give you an idea, it was this general who committed atrocities against Kashmiri muslims when he was governor there. Because of his unnecessary cruel actions against peaceful Kashmiris he was recalled back from there by Ranjeet Singh. On his way back from Kashmir, he defeated large lashkar of Jadoons in hazara which pleased Ranjeet......After that he was given charge of Hazara to suppress the turbulent tribes.

Fence the western border with mines and call it Hari singh nalwa fence line.

Hari Singh never reached Durand line region, he got killed at the foothills of Khyber agency, at Jamrud i.e at border between Peshawar and Khyber.

 

[SQ8]

If you were student of Mutala-e-Pakistan, you must have noticed that one of the important topic was Mujahideen movement led by Syed Ahmad Bareilwi, which was against these Sikhs and their occupation of Peshawar and Hazara. So it would be a conflict, to call Hari Singh and Ranjeet Singh hero as it would mean Pashtuns of Peshwar and Mujahideen were villains. It was not an Innocent war between two qaums or tribes, Sikhs had waged their own holy war against muslims. This Hari Singh is regarded as fanatic among the Sikhs by Western historians, he despised muslims and among muslims he despised Afghans the most. To give you an idea, it was this general who committed atrocities against Kashmiri muslims when he was governor there. Because of his unnecessary cruel actions against peaceful Kashmiris he was recalled back from there by Ranjeet Singh. On his way back from Kashmir, he defeated large lashkar of Jadoons in hazara which pleased Ranjeet......After that he was given charge of Hazara to suppress the turbulent tribes.

Legend has it that he was horrified at hearing the stories of women from the area regarding the atrocities that the Sikh's were committing against the locals which triggered his wish to go and fight.

 

[Samandri]

Using Hazara Gazetteer and Peshwaer Gazetteer (British sources) as references, i am posting about some of the battles that took place between well-trained and well-armed Sikh army and rag tag tribesmen who didnt have artillery, had few jezails, and were mostly using swords....so it was one-sided slaughter of tribesmen with out-dated weapons by Europen-trained Sikh army. Ranjeet Singh and his commanders were not exactly fighting with armies of France or Britain. Only battle of Jamrud was with proper army of kabul ruler, in which Hari Singh got defeated after hard-fought contest.

Occupation of Hazara and subsequent defeat of Sikh forces in Hazara (1819)

In 1818 Makhan Singh, the Sikh governor if Rawalpindi, invaded Hazara with 500 Sowars, built a fort at Serai Saleh and levied tribute from Haripur Plain.

In the succeeding year, Maharaja Ranjeet Singh annexed Kashmir. Makhan Singh appears, on the strength of his master's successes, to have pressed the Tareen chief for revenue. The result was gathering of Hazara people to attack the Sikh governor , and a fight at Shah Muhammad on the Dor, in which Makhan Singh was slain. The next day his forces abandoned the Serai Saleh fort and marched back to attock. The governor of Attock, Hukma Singh Chimni, marched out to punish the rebels; but after some skirmishes at Mota, and at Sultanpur on the Harroh, he made up his mind that his force was too weak for the purpose, marched back to attock , and wrote to Lahore for reinforcements. From Lahore Diwan Ramdial and Colonel Ilahi bakhsh were sent for assistance. Part of Hazara submitted , but the Tareen Chief Muhammad Khan , The Said Khani Utmanzais , and the Mashwanis , opposed the Sikh governor at Nara , by the foot of gandgar range. The Diwan attacked them unwarily , was defeated , and himself slain. ( Gazetteer of The Hazara District 1907 page 126)



Defeat and Death of Amar Singh Majithia (1821)

Ranjeet Singh then sent Amar Singh Majithia to govern Hazara. As he was retiring from a successful attack on Hassan Ali Khan, the Karral chief in the Nara tract, his rearguard was surprised and cut to pieces by tribesmen , and he himself was killed. Reinforcements were sent from Lahore under Mai Sadda Kaur and Sher Singh (Ranjeet Singh's son), who established themselves in the Haripur plain and built a fort at Tarbela. The tribute payable by the chiefs was revised , and Mai Sadda Kaur went through the ceremony of adopting the Tareen, Muhammad Khan, as her son. ( Gazetteer of The Hazara District 1907 page 127)



Arrival of Hari Singh to Hazara and Battle of Mangal (1821)

The Maharaja had summoned Hari singh nalwa, the governor of Kahsmir , to give an account of his charge. He marched by Muzaffarabad and Pakhli with 7,000 foot-soldiers. When he reached Mangal , he found that large number of Jadoons and Tanolis, estimated at 25,000 men , had collected there to oppose his passage. Parelying having failed, he stormed their positions and burnt their town. Some 2,000 of his opponents were killed. As a further punishment, Hari Singh levied a fine of five or six rupees on every household inhabited by Jadoons. He then built a fort at Nawanshehr (in Jadoon area), garrisoned it and went on to lower hazara.



Pleased at the victory won at Mangal , Ranjeet singh excused him from from rendering any accounts of his former charge , and made him governor of all hazara. ( Gazetteer of The Hazara District 1907 page 127)


Battle of Nowshera (1823)

In 1823, Azim Khan determined to try his strength with his new power , and advanced with a large army from Kabul to Peshawer. The Sikhs crossed Indus to meet him. Ranjit Singh , with the choicest portion of his army, crossing the Kabul river at Akora, marched up the left bank of Kabul river, sending Karrak Singh with the remainder of his force by the right bank , to hold in check the troops expected from Peshawer. Azim Khan having dispatched his brother , Sammand Khan, to raise the Khattak and Yusufzai, who readily obeyed the summons, followed himself by a force march to Nowshera. He found Samand Khan already engaged with the enemy, on the plain to the north of Kabul river , between that town and pir sabak, but was unable to join him on the account of stream. The Pathans fought with desperate valour , but couldnt make head against the superior numbers and discipline of the Sikhs; frequently rallying m however upon some low hills adjacent, they bore down bravely upon the enemy , who began to waver towards evening , but regained their advantage when Ranjit Singh , seizing a standard , himself led them to victory. The last stand was made at sunset by a party of 200 Yusufzai , who fell gallantly fighting. In this action 10,000 Pathans are said to have been slain. And with them fell that gallant old Sikh soldier , Phula Singh , the intrepid leader of the Akhali or immortals, who five years before had led the way into the breach at Multan, and was on this occasion, was no less conspicuous for his gallantry. The sardars Azim Khan and Dost Muhammad Khan who had not taken part in the contest, fled to Kabul and Ranjit Singh, advancing to Peshawer, made the four brothers at that place his tribute, and after a short stay, withdrew beyond the Indus. His departure was precipitated by the action of Afridis, who caused an inundation in the Sikh camp by opening the embankments of the Bara river in the hope of plunder during the consequent confusion. Azim Khan didnt long survive this humiliating defeat , and at his death Dost Muhammad obtained the chief authority at Kabul. (Gazetteer of the Peshawar District, 1897-98, page-65)


Hari Singh's defeat at Nara (1824)

In 1824 A.D Sardar Hari Singh Nalwa turned his attention to the Gandgar hills, where Muhammad Khan Tareen and a number of other recalcitrant chiefs had taken refuge. In 1822 the Sikhs, after winning a hard-fought battle at Sari at the base of range, had been defeated in an endeavor to reduce Srikot. They now. in 1824, again made the attempt , and again failed. At Nara which stands at the mouth of a path leading up to Srikot, the Mashwanis and Saidkhani Utmanzais made a gallant stand, repulsed the Sikh force , which was 8,000 strong and sent it back to Haripur with a loss of 500 men. A white pillar , erected at later date by Major Abbot , and conspicuous from afar, commemorates the scene of their victory. Hari Singh himself was struck down by a stone hurled from the walls of the village , and rolled into the ravine below , where he lay for a long time senseless and undiscovered. It was reported , indeed , that he was dead, but in short time , having recovered from his wounds, he confuted the rumour by surprising the village of Bagra, where number of rebels had collected , and putting to the sword every armed man that he found there.

( Gazetteer of The Hazara District 1907 page 127)


Ranjeet Singh visits Hazara and attack on Srikot hills

Alarmed at the news of Hari Singh's defeat at Nara, Ranjeet Singh hastened up to Hazara with large reinforcements. Arrived there he sent for all the chiefs and leading men who had taken refuge at Srikot. The Tareen Muhammad Khan , Sarbuland Khan the Tanoli , and Shah Muhammad, the head of Mashwanis, were the only ones to obey his summons. He then attacked the Srikot hills at a number of points simultaneously, driving all opposition before him , and, after staying two nights at Srikot , marched onto Tarbela. Wile halted at the latter place, he mounted an elephant and went-down to the river-side , whereupon the Utmanzais of Khabbal on the opposite bank opened fire on him. Enraged at this, he made his cavalry swim across the river early next at a point lower , and destroyed the villages of khabbal and Kaya , their inhabitants having taken to the hills. He them marched through Yusufzai and Back Lahore-wards via Serai kala, taking Muhammad Khan Tareen with him. The Srikot hills were secured by the building of a fort , which was garrisoned with 500 men.

Yusufzai attacked by the Sikhs

After witnessing the gallantry displayed at Nowshera, Ranjit Singh had at first no wish to renew the contest; but being engaged with lawless Pathans of Gandgarh , on the east of Indus, he had encamped his army near the river, when the Yusufzai, depending upon the stream as a barrier , commenced to insult the Sikhs by slaughtering cows in their presence. Ranjit Singh, unable longer to restrain himself , ordered his troops to cross. Some of his best warriors strove to induce him not to attempt it , pointing out the peril of fording such a river; but he was not to be deterred. A body of irregulars first plunged in and crossed, though with a loss of several hundreds. Mr.Allard's regular regiments of cavalry followed, and maintaining good order affected the passage with but trifling loss. The Pathans, thunderstruck at the boldness of exploit , attempted no resistance , but fled to their villages closely perused by the Sikhs, who for several days carried on an indiscriminate slaughter of men, women and children. (Gazetteer of the Peshawar District, 1897-98, page-70)


Hari Singh's drastic measures against Tareen chiefs and Mashwanis (1825)

After Ranjit Singh's departure , Karrals submitted to Hari Singh without fighting,their chief Hassan Ali khan was given a large Jagir and a fort was built at Nara. The sardar then departed for lahore , leaving Mahan Singh behind him as his deputy governor. He had not long gone when Bostan Khan Tareen , the nephew of Muhammad Khan Tareen, who was imprisoned at lahore raised a new disturbance in the Srikot hills. Returning to Hazara, hari Singh had little difficulty in quelling the outbreak , and to prevent a recurrence of any thing of the kind , he took very drastic measures. Muhammad Khan Tareen , whose person he had purchased from Ranjeet Singh for 55,000 Rupees , he caused to be poisoned; Bostan Khan Tareen , the two principle Mashwani headmen , and one or two other leading men , were blown away from guns; and the Mashwanis were evicted from Srikot and forced to live in exile trans-indus till the year 1830 , when they obtained permission to return. The 55,000 rupees which Hari singh had paid for Muhammad Khan were recovered by levy of a tax of two and half rupees per house from most of the villages in Hazara.

Source: Gazetteer of the Hazara district, 1907 , Hubert Digby Watson



Battle of Saidu (1827)

Syed Ahmad Shah of Bareilwi, traveling bu Shikarpur and Kabul , arrived amongst the Yusfuzai in 1824, giving out that he was divinely commissioned to wage a war of extirpation against the infidel Sikhs and Chinese. In a short time an immense army was at his disposal. The four Peshawar sardars felt the influence , and longing to free themselves from Sikhs, joined the crusade , the ranks of which were swelled by numerous adventurers from Hindustan. At last the Syed marched to Nowshera, proposing first to lay siege to attock ; but Ranjit Singh was not unprepared , and Hari Singh with 20,000 men awaited him on the Indus and now sent a large force under Budh Singh across the river which advanced to meet the Jihadis tom Saidu where they entrenched themselves. Ahmad Shah surrounded the party and reduced it to great distress. Budh Singh at length determined to fight , after telling the Durrani sardars that, if they kept aloof, their country should not be taken from them , and reminding them also of Ranjeet Singh's approach and their certain fate if they acted with enemy. This warning had desired effect , for the Durranis fled at the commencements of battle , Yar muhammad Khan at their head; this act of treachery decided the day , and a great slaughter of Muhammadans took place, the Pathans making no fight but throwing themselves down before the excited Sikh soldiery. Ahamd Bareilwi fled by Lundkhwar to Swat , being taken ill on the road, which gave rise to the rumour that he had been poisoned by the Durrani sardars , a suspicion, however didnt disabuse the Pathans of his miraculous power , and he again managed in a few months , to collect several thousand followers.

After the decisive battle of Nowshera in 1823 , the Peshawer valley lay at the mercy of Ranjit Singh . No permanent occupation , however, at this period was ever attempted. Subject to the payment of yearly tribute , the government remained in the hands of the Barakzai sardars, Ranjit Singh, for his part, contenting himself with sending an army annually to receive the tribute and to keep up the terror of his name. On these occasions the Sikh armies committed the utmost havoc , burning a great part of Peshawer and felling the trees of its numerous gardens for firewood. Ranjit Singh himself returned to Peshawer after the defeat of Syed Ahmad at Saidu, and on this occasion, though the Durrani sardars, had obeyed his orders in deserting Syed Ahmad, he caused the part of city , including the royal residence of Bala Hisar, to be destroyed , while the country was ravaged far and wide. Having read them this severe lesson, and doubled the amount of tribute , Ranjit Singh left the district, taking with him the son of Yar Muhammad, as hostage. hortly afterwards Yar Muhammad was killed in battle with Syed Ahmad.

(Gazetteer of the Peshawar District, 1897-98, page-66)

 

[cleverrider]

Sikhs are less than 1% of the subcontinent still they succeeded in establishing an empire,defeated pashtun, harassed mughals,annexed KPK and conquered Kashmir and an undecided war with China (tibet).

Few years here and there is hardly called an empire forget about the top 10 whatever. Defeated Pashtuns? Only a few pashtun tribes took care of Sikhs and did not let them stay in comfort for their short stay in Peshawar. Again only a few pashtun tribes fought them and in recent history they have got nothing to show, operation Blue star exposed their false bravado even further and have failed to secure a small country in SA. Currently living under Hindus occupation in Hindustan.

lol@ the source.

Using Hazara Gazetteer and Peshwaer Gazetteer (British sources) as references, i am posting about some of the battles that took place between well-trained and well-armed Sikh army and rag tag tribesmen who didnt have artillery, had few jezails, and were mostly using swords....so it was one-sided slaughter of tribesmen with out-dated weapons by Europen-trained Sikh army. Ranjeet Singh and his commanders were not exactly fighting with armies of France or Britain. Only battle of Jamrud was with proper army of kabul ruler, in which Hari Singh got defeated after hard-fought contest.

Occupation of Hazara and subsequent defeat of Sikh forces in Hazara (1819)

In 1818 Makhan Singh, the Sikh governor if Rawalpindi, invaded Hazara with 500 Sowars, built a fort at Serai Saleh and levied tribute from Haripur Plain.

In the succeeding year, Maharaja Ranjeet Singh annexed Kashmir. Makhan Singh appears, on the strength of his master's successes, to have pressed the Tareen chief for revenue. The result was gathering of Hazara people to attack the Sikh governor , and a fight at Shah Muhammad on the Dor, in which Makhan Singh was slain. The next day his forces abandoned the Serai Saleh fort and marched back to attock. The governor of Attock, Hukma Singh Chimni, marched out to punish the rebels; but after some skirmishes at Mota, and at Sultanpur on the Harroh, he made up his mind that his force was too weak for the purpose, marched back to attock , and wrote to Lahore for reinforcements. From Lahore Diwan Ramdial and Colonel Ilahi bakhsh were sent for assistance. Part of Hazara submitted , but the Tareen Chief Muhammad Khan , The Said Khani Utmanzais , and the Mashwanis , opposed the Sikh governor at Nara , by the foot of gandgar range. The Diwan attacked them unwarily , was defeated , and himself slain. ( Gazetteer of The Hazara District 1907 page 126)



Defeat and Death of Amar Singh Majithia (1821)

Ranjeet Singh then sent Amar Singh Majithia to govern Hazara. As he was retiring from a successful attack on Hassan Ali Khan, the Karral chief in the Nara tract, his rearguard was surprised and cut to pieces by tribesmen , and he himself was killed. Reinforcements were sent from Lahore under Mai Sadda Kaur and Sher Singh (Ranjeet Singh's son), who established themselves in the Haripur plain and built a fort at Tarbela. The tribute payable by the chiefs was revised , and Mai Sadda Kaur went through the ceremony of adopting the Tareen, Muhammad Khan, as her son. ( Gazetteer of The Hazara District 1907 page 127)



Arrival of Hari Singh to Hazara and Battle of Mangal (1821)

The Maharaja had summoned Hari singh nalwa, the governor of Kahsmir , to give an account of his charge. He marched by Muzaffarabad and Pakhli with 7,000 foot-soldiers. When he reached Mangal , he found that large number of Jadoons and Tanolis, estimated at 25,000 men , had collected there to oppose his passage. Parelying having failed, he stormed their positions and burnt their town. Some 2,000 of his opponents were killed. As a further punishment, Hari Singh levied a fine of five or six rupees on every household inhabited by Jadoons. He then built a fort at Nawanshehr (in Jadoon area), garrisoned it and went on to lower hazara.



Pleased at the victory won at Mangal , Ranjeet singh excused him from from rendering any accounts of his former charge , and made him governor of all hazara. ( Gazetteer of The Hazara District 1907 page 127)


Battle of Nowshera (1823)

In 1823, Azim Khan determined to try his strength with his new power , and advanced with a large army from Kabul to Peshawer. The Sikhs crossed Indus to meet him. Ranjit Singh , with the choicest portion of his army, crossing the Kabul river at Akora, marched up the left bank of Kabul river, sending Karrak Singh with the remainder of his force by the right bank , to hold in check the troops expected from Peshawer. Azim Khan having dispatched his brother , Sammand Khan, to raise the Khattak and Yusufzai, who readily obeyed the summons, followed himself by a force march to Nowshera. He found Samand Khan already engaged with the enemy, on the plain to the north of Kabul river , between that town and pir sabak, but was unable to join him on the account of stream. The Pathans fought with desperate valour , but couldnt make head against the superior numbers and discipline of the Sikhs; frequently rallying m however upon some low hills adjacent, they bore down bravely upon the enemy , who began to waver towards evening , but regained their advantage when Ranjit Singh , seizing a standard , himself led them to victory. The last stand was made at sunset by a party of 200 Yusufzai , who fell gallantly fighting. In this action 10,000 Pathans are said to have been slain. And with them fell that gallant old Sikh soldier , Phula Singh , the intrepid leader of the Akhali or immortals, who five years before had led the way into the breach at Multan, and was on this occasion, was no less conspicuous for his gallantry. The sardars Azim Khan and Dost Muhammad Khan who had not taken part in the contest, fled to Kabul and Ranjit Singh, advancing to Peshawer, made the four brothers at that place his tribute, and after a short stay, withdrew beyond the Indus. His departure was precipitated by the action of Afridis, who caused an inundation in the Sikh camp by opening the embankments of the Bara river in the hope of plunder during the consequent confusion. Azim Khan didnt long survive this humiliating defeat , and at his death Dost Muhammad obtained the chief authority at Kabul. (Gazetteer of the Peshawar District, 1897-98, page-65)


Hari Singh's defeat at Nara (1824)

In 1824 A.D Sardar Hari Singh Nalwa turned his attention to the Gandgar hills, where Muhammad Khan Tareen and a number of other recalcitrant chiefs had taken refuge. In 1822 the Sikhs, after winning a hard-fought battle at Sari at the base of range, had been defeated in an endeavor to reduce Srikot. They now. in 1824, again made the attempt , and again failed. At Nara which stands at the mouth of a path leading up to Srikot, the Mashwanis and Saidkhani Utmanzais made a gallant stand, repulsed the Sikh force , which was 8,000 strong and sent it back to Haripur with a loss of 500 men. A white pillar , erected at later date by Major Abbot , and conspicuous from afar, commemorates the scene of their victory. Hari Singh himself was struck down by a stone hurled from the walls of the village , and rolled into the ravine below , where he lay for a long time senseless and undiscovered. It was reported , indeed , that he was dead, but in short time , having recovered from his wounds, he confuted the rumour by surprising the village of Bagra, where number of rebels had collected , and putting to the sword every armed man that he found there.

( Gazetteer of The Hazara District 1907 page 127)


Ranjeet Singh visits Hazara and attack on Srikot hills

Alarmed at the news of Hari Singh's defeat at Nara, Ranjeet Singh hastened up to Hazara with large reinforcements. Arrived there he sent for all the chiefs and leading men who had taken refuge at Srikot. The Tareen Muhammad Khan , Sarbuland Khan the Tanoli , and Shah Muhammad, the head of Mashwanis, were the only ones to obey his summons. He then attacked the Srikot hills at a number of points simultaneously, driving all opposition before him , and, after staying two nights at Srikot , marched onto Tarbela. Wile halted at the latter place, he mounted an elephant and went-down to the river-side , whereupon the Utmanzais of Khabbal on the opposite bank opened fire on him. Enraged at this, he made his cavalry swim across the river early next at a point lower , and destroyed the villages of khabbal and Kaya , their inhabitants having taken to the hills. He them marched through Yusufzai and Back Lahore-wards via Serai kala, taking Muhammad Khan Tareen with him. The Srikot hills were secured by the building of a fort , which was garrisoned with 500 men.

Yusufzai attacked by the Sikhs

After witnessing the gallantry displayed at Nowshera, Ranjit Singh had at first no wish to renew the contest; but being engaged with lawless Pathans of Gandgarh , on the east of Indus, he had encamped his army near the river, when the Yusufzai, depending upon the stream as a barrier , commenced to insult the Sikhs by slaughtering cows in their presence. Ranjit Singh, unable longer to restrain himself , ordered his troops to cross. Some of his best warriors strove to induce him not to attempt it , pointing out the peril of fording such a river; but he was not to be deterred. A body of irregulars first plunged in and crossed, though with a loss of several hundreds. Mr.Allard's regular regiments of cavalry followed, and maintaining good order affected the passage with but trifling loss. The Pathans, thunderstruck at the boldness of exploit , attempted no resistance , but fled to their villages closely perused by the Sikhs, who for several days carried on an indiscriminate slaughter of men, women and children. (Gazetteer of the Peshawar District, 1897-98, page-70)


Hari Singh's drastic measures against Tareen chiefs and Mashwanis (1825)

After Ranjit Singh's departure , Karrals submitted to Hari Singh without fighting,their chief Hassan Ali khan was given a large Jagir and a fort was built at Nara. The sardar then departed for lahore , leaving Mahan Singh behind him as his deputy governor. He had not long gone when Bostan Khan Tareen , the nephew of Muhammad Khan Tareen, who was imprisoned at lahore raised a new disturbance in the Srikot hills. Returning to Hazara, hari Singh had little difficulty in quelling the outbreak , and to prevent a recurrence of any thing of the kind , he took very drastic measures. Muhammad Khan Tareen , whose person he had purchased from Ranjeet Singh for 55,000 Rupees , he caused to be poisoned; Bostan Khan Tareen , the two principle Mashwani headmen , and one or two other leading men , were blown away from guns; and the Mashwanis were evicted from Srikot and forced to live in exile trans-indus till the year 1830 , when they obtained permission to return. The 55,000 rupees which Hari singh had paid for Muhammad Khan were recovered by levy of a tax of two and half rupees per house from most of the villages in Hazara.

Source: Gazetteer of the Hazara district, 1907 , Hubert Digby Watson



Battle of Saidu (1827)

Syed Ahmad Shah of Bareilwi, traveling bu Shikarpur and Kabul , arrived amongst the Yusfuzai in 1824, giving out that he was divinely commissioned to wage a war of extirpation against the infidel Sikhs and Chinese. In a short time an immense army was at his disposal. The four Peshawar sardars felt the influence , and longing to free themselves from Sikhs, joined the crusade , the ranks of which were swelled by numerous adventurers from Hindustan. At last the Syed marched to Nowshera, proposing first to lay siege to attock ; but Ranjit Singh was not unprepared , and Hari Singh with 20,000 men awaited him on the Indus and now sent a large force under Budh Singh across the river which advanced to meet the Jihadis tom Saidu where they entrenched themselves. Ahmad Shah surrounded the party and reduced it to great distress. Budh Singh at length determined to fight , after telling the Durrani sardars that, if they kept aloof, their country should not be taken from them , and reminding them also of Ranjeet Singh's approach and their certain fate if they acted with enemy. This warning had desired effect , for the Durranis fled at the commencements of battle , Yar muhammad Khan at their head; this act of treachery decided the day , and a great slaughter of Muhammadans took place, the Pathans making no fight but throwing themselves down before the excited Sikh soldiery. Ahamd Bareilwi fled by Lundkhwar to Swat , being taken ill on the road, which gave rise to the rumour that he had been poisoned by the Durrani sardars , a suspicion, however didnt disabuse the Pathans of his miraculous power , and he again managed in a few months , to collect several thousand followers.

After the decisive battle of Nowshera in 1823 , the Peshawer valley lay at the mercy of Ranjit Singh . No permanent occupation , however, at this period was ever attempted. Subject to the payment of yearly tribute , the government remained in the hands of the Barakzai sardars, Ranjit Singh, for his part, contenting himself with sending an army annually to receive the tribute and to keep up the terror of his name. On these occasions the Sikh armies committed the utmost havoc , burning a great part of Peshawer and felling the trees of its numerous gardens for firewood. Ranjit Singh himself returned to Peshawer after the defeat of Syed Ahmad at Saidu, and on this occasion, though the Durrani sardars, had obeyed his orders in deserting Syed Ahmad, he caused the part of city , including the royal residence of Bala Hisar, to be destroyed , while the country was ravaged far and wide. Having read them this severe lesson, and doubled the amount of tribute , Ranjit Singh left the district, taking with him the son of Yar Muhammad, as hostage. hortly afterwards Yar Muhammad was killed in battle with Syed Ahmad.

(Gazetteer of the Peshawar District, 1897-98, page-66)

Why do you have to kill the Vibe? Let the Pajees enjoy for abit. But we cant deny the fact that this geezer was later killed by pashtuns.

 

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Conflict of Sikhs with "Mujahideen" in Hazara (1828 and 1830)

In 1828 Hari Singh came into conflict with the Hindustani fanatics from Trans-Indus and defeated them at Phulra on the right bank of the Siran west of Mansehra. The Hindustani's 2,000 allies from Hazara, who were chiefly Tanolis, fled at the beginning of engagement and the fanatics themselves were cut up to a man , including their leader , Ahmad Ali Shah, a nephew of Syed Ahmad Bareliwi. In 1830 Hindustanis reappeared in Hazara , and made themselves masters of Konsh and Bhogarmang glens, and valley of the Kunhar down to Balakot , the Swatis and Kaghan's Syeds siding with them. But they were met by a Sikh force under Sher Singh at Balakot , and defeated with great slaughter , their leader Syed Ahmad Bareilwi himself being among the killed as well as Shah Ismael and Bahram Khan Khalil, the arbab. The Syed's body was flung into the river , but was recovered lower down at the village of Talhatta , where it was buried. ( Gazetteer of The Hazara District 1907 page 130)


Massacre of Sikh garrison at Teri (Karak) by Khattaks(1836)

In 1834, on the flight of the Sirdars, Harri Singh the Sikh General gained possession of Peshawar, and Sikh Governor Autar Sing Sindanwala was now sent to Kohat. A Sikh outpost was at the same time established at Teri. The Sikhs, on occupying the country, found themselves unable to levy revenue from the mountaineers. Ranjit Singh placed Sultan Muhammad Khan in a position of importance at Peshawar, and made him a grant of Kohat, Hangu, and Teri. , though the country was generally in a disturbed state, and the upper Miranzai villages were practically independent.

In Kohat where the Khattak chiefship of Teri, " was but little affected by the Sikh conquest. Rasul Khan, the Khattak chief of Teri, excited disturbances in 1836 and the entire Sikh garrison, which was retiring from Teri, were massacred on the road near Jatta.

(Report on the Settlement Of the Kohat District in The Pubjab,Tucker, G.,Sir p-38)


Defeat of Sikh force in Bannu(1834)

In 1834 Malik Dilasa Khan head of the Daud shah Tappah of Bannu, raised the standard of revolt.' Bukhshi Tara Chand and Sardars Sham Singh, Jai Singh, and Jagat Singh, At tariwallas, besieged the mutineers in the garhi, but the besieged, some two thousands in number, made a sudden sally, killing three hundred Sikhs with the fire of their matchlocks and wounding five hundred more. The Sikhs were compelled to raise the siege and retire to a distance of a kos from the garhi. The Maharaja Ranjeet Singh, on receiving news of this, forthwith ordered Raja Suchet Singh to march to the scene of insurrection at tho head of a force for the relief of the Sikh army. He was, however, much irritated at hearing of the disaster. Tara Chand had been created a dewan a about time before, and placed in charge of Bannu, Tank and Dera Ismail Khan. On the present occasion, he had with him the flower of the Sikh army.His force of eight thousands men and eight guns were led by the chiefs of atari, Nakka and Batala, and his ignominious repulse , with disgrace on his official career and a stain on his military character. He was highly indignant and fined dewan and his brothers Managal Sen and Ratan chand , 125,000 rupees.

Sources:History of the Punjab by Syed Muhamamd Latif

Bannú: Or Our Afghan Frontier by Septimus Smet Thorburn


Uprising of Niazis of Isa Khel (1829-30)

In 1829 a dispute between a Mullah and a Sikh soldier in Isa Khel gave the Niazis long sought opportunity of ridding themselves of their detested conquerors. The dispute escalated from words to blows and soon it became a general brawl. The Sikh soldiery , despising their foes, sallied out of the fort to aid their comrades , who were getting seriously mauled in the streets of town. They , regardless of the consequences , fired on the angry crowd of Niazis, who collecting weapons of all sort, attacked the small band, inflicting heavy losses and finally driving them back into the fort. The Niazis pushed on with their successes, and before nightfall, only four men of the Sikh garrison survived and burj of Fateh Singh was a heap of ruins. Elated by these successes, marched onto Trag, but the garrison there, already forewarned , put the river between them and their adversaries by retreating to Attock. The fort , however , shared the same fate as that of Isa Khel and for a while the Niazis rejoiced in their independence. (MacGREGOR, "Central Asia Part II", Vol-I, p-654)

The following year Raja Suchet Singh and Fateh Singh Mann marched against the Niazis to avenge the rout of the garrison. The Niazis moved to Kotki , a fort on the eastern mouth of Chichali pass and awaited the Khalsa army. Allah Yar Khan of Kalabagh , with the portion of Sikh forces , was sent via the Bulbuli pass to take them on from the rear. The defection of their ally frustrated the Isa khels and they fled to Choantrah valley and thence to Bannu. After strengthening the Kotki fort , the Sikhs marched on Isa Khel town , ravaging the whole country (which was entirely deserted) and burning all the Niazi villages. The army encamped there, long enough to rebuild the fort and to throw up a formidable tower in the center. They also mounted the guns and left a strong garrison. Ahmad Khan , chief of Isa Khel, took refuge in Bannu with Malik Sohan Khan, chief of Ahmadzai Wazirs.

Few years here and there is hardly called an empire forget about the top 10 whatever. Defeated Pashtuns? Only a few pashtun tribes took care of Sikhs and did not let them stay in comfort for their short stay in Peshawar. Again only a few pashtun tribes fought them and in recent years they have got nothing to show, operation Blue star exposed their false bravado even further and have failed to secure a small country in SA. Currently living under Hindus occupation in Hindustan.

lol@ the source.



Why do you have to kill the Vibe? Let the Pajees enjoy for abit. But we cant deny the fact that this geezer was later killed by pashtuns.

Here i am posting about the battle of Jamrud in which he got defeated and killed, doesnt seem he was a world-class general or conqueror. I am actually flattered that Sikhs declare him a Napoleon Bonaparte because of his Kushti with us.

Battle of Jamrud (1837)

In the winter of 1837, Sikhs under their general Hari Singh Nalwa occupied the fortress of Jamrud at the entrance of Khyber. The Amir ordered his son Mohammed Akbar Khan to proceed to Khaibar, and then he reinforced him by means of his eldest son, Mohammed Afzal Khan. He did not take this step merely as one frightened by rumours, but he had actually received repeated communications from the chiefs of the Khaibars, demanding the dispatch of some troops, and offering him their co-operation against the Sikhs, stating that otherwise they will be obliged to acknowledge the authority of Ranjit Singh. The army of the Amir encamped at the mouth of the Khaibar Pass, towards Peshavar, and every day skirmishes took place between the Afghans and the Sikh force garrisoned at Jamrud. The Amir considered it proper that his sons and the army should have some person of good judgment to regulate their conduct and the plan of the battle or of the negotiations.So he sent his minister Mirza Abdul Sami Khan to join his sons. Mirza arrived in the camp, he determined on attacking the enemy, and reported all the circumstances and prospects to the Amir at Kabul, and he sent fresh reinforcements under the Navabs Jabbar Khan, Usman Khan, and Sham- shuddin Khan. The fort of Jam Koad was besieged, and the garrison prevented from fetching any water or grass from outside the citadel. The Sikhs are commonly said to have had 80,000 men in the Peshawar valley at this time.

A cannonade was commenced upon the walls of fort, the defenses of the fort were destroyed in the course of two or three days. Afghans were taken by surprise when Hari Singh suddenly appeared with an army of about ten thousand men, twenty pieces of artillery, and a great quantity of ammunition and provisions and made an attack on them, Afghans were thrown into confusion and began to flee. This occurred on 30th, April 1837. The only detachment which stood firm in the field was that of Mohamed Afzal Khan, the Amir's eldest son who, keeping together his body of two thousand men, showed a bold front- Hari Singh , finding him inflexible, unexpectedly wheeled round, and, observing the Amir's sons and the Nawab occupying small eminences in the defiles of khyber, fell on their divisions. The Sikhs were able to drive the Afghans from their positions capturing 14 guns. The Sikhs thinking the victory gained, pursued the enemy, when their progress was checked by a body of horse led by Shamsudin khan who inflicted heavy casualties on them.

With this, the Afghans who were fleeing from battleground , returned and made a furious attack on Sikhs. Jabbar Khan aand Shuja-ud-duala khan also returned and a successful charge made by them led to the recovery of two of the captured guns. This forced the sikhs to retreat, in this crisis Hari singh received a mortal wound and was borno from the battle field. This accident spread consternation among Sikh troops, who retired to Jamrud fort, where they entrenched themselves. The Sikh leader expired on the same day.The Afghans recovered all eleven of the fourteen guns they had lost, and captured three more belonging to the Sikhs.

The defeat of Sikh army and death of Hari Singh Nalwa at Jamrud caused great anxiety at the court of Lahore. Ranjeet Singh marched in person to Rohtas sending Dhian singh in advance to Jamrud.Field batteries were hurried up with great alacrity from Ramgarh on the Chenab, to Peshawar,a distance of more than 200 miles, in the short space of two days. As soon as the Sikh reinforcement had arrived at Jamrud ,the Afghans were compelled to retreat to principality of Dhaka, from where Amir of Kabul recalled the army.

Sources: 1.History of the Punjab by Syed Muhamamd Latif

2.Life of the Amir Dost Mohammed Khan of Kabul By Mohan Lal

 

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Sikh warrior Hari Singh Nalwa has topped the list of Top Ten conquerors of the History that has compiled by “Billionaires Australia”.Moreover list is followed by followed by Genghis Khan and Alexander ranked as second and third.The introductory text that was produced by Billionaires Australia on July 14, 2014.From the earliest forms of society through to the modern day,the fates of entire civilisations have been decided by the swords of soldiers and the commands of their leaders.We are going to we countdown the top 10 conquerors.

1. Hari Singh Nalwa
Here we are having the exclusive number one spot on the Billionaires Australia the man who resides atop of this list is Hari Singh Nalwa.The Greek writer Euripides’s saying is that “Ten soldiers wisely led will beat a hundred without a head” that represents a truly legendary military leader Hari singh Nalwa.

The main reason of why has topped the list that he achieved so much with so little.Hari Singh Nalwa, part of the illustrious Uppal family,relied on ingenious tactics and unparalleled courage to defeat much larger armies.His life span is from 1791-1837 also he was the commander-in-chief of the Sikh Empire’s army. There was alot of ups and downs that he has faced in his life.Besides that he became the only man in history to take the Khyber Pass – the mountain path that connects Afghanistan and Pakistan.Hari Singh Nalwa was attacked by a tiger while he was on hunt in 1804.He is the great leader tackled the beast with his bare hands and broke its jaw, killing it instantly and earning him the moniker Baagh Maar (Tiger-killer).There is not a military leader in the world that has not heard about and studied the exploits of Hari Singh Nalwa.

2. Genghis Khan
He is the man who has become the second man on the list of great conquerors.He is the founder of Mongol Empire the largest contiguous empire in history.He has created such a huge empire by uniting many of the nomadic tribes.In his lifetime he conquered 4,860,000 square miles, more than any other ruler in history.

3. Alexander the Great
He is the man who sits at number three in our countdown of great conquerors was certainly a lion-like leader.Great once remarked: “I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion.” He took down the mighty Persian kingdom and his empire spread from Gibraltar to the Punjab.He is the the ruler revolutionised the art of war during the period of ancient history and deserves his position near the summit of this exclusive list.

4. Attila the Hun
The leader of the barbarian Huns, the fourth greatest conqueror on this Billionaires Australia list plundered and pillaged everything in his path.Attila was well known for his cruelty and took no mercy on his enemies, making him an often-vilified military leader, but an exceptional one nonetheless.

5. Julius Caesar
The man who holds the fifth place on our list: Julius Caesar.Julius Caesar led the armies of the Roman Republic to victories across Africa and Europe.Caesar had used his military nous to extend the reaches of the Roman Empire to territories far and wide.

6. Cyrus the Great
He is the man who is at six place on the countdown.It is a name perhaps not as well known as some in this exclusive collection but Cyrus’ military might ought not to be underestimated.Not only was he almost unbeatable on the field of battle, his political leadership is also evidenced by the fact that his empire, which spanned three continents, would live on for a long time after his death because of the infrastructure he put in place.Cyrus defeated the Babylonians and liberated the Jews and by the time of his death in 530BC he was the ruler of the largest kingdom the world had ever seen.

7. Francisco Pizarro
He is the man placed seventh on the list.In the story of how Spain came to rule much of South America the name Hernan Cortes has often dominated the history books, but in reality Pizarro’s exploits were far more notable.He led three expeditions across the Atlantic and on the third one he defeated much the Incan Empire with no more than 160 men on horseback.

8. Napoleon Bonaparte
He has become the man coming in at number eight on the Billionaires Australia list of greatest conquerors in the history of the world.He is just just five-and-a-half feet tall not so much physically imposing but but on the battlefield he was unmatched in his military prowess.Living from 1769 to 1821 ,Napoleon spent the best part of two decades leading his armies to war across the continent.At his peak the little man reigned over more than 70 million people.

9. Hannibal Barka

Hannibal Barka, simply known as Hannibal, stayed at ninth position.He is widely considered to be the Roman Empire’s greatest adversary, leading the Carthaginian forces against Rome in the Second Punic War.He fought the Romans with smaller, poorly equipped armies but constantly came out on top.

10. Timur aka Tamerlane
Taking the number 10 spot on the Australia list of great conquerors is Timur, otherwise known as Tamerlane, a Turkish ruler from the 14th century.He was a revered military leader and conquered large parts of West, South and Central Asia to become the most powerful ruler in the Muslim world.his army was feared across the continent and historians have estimated that his military campaigns were responsible for the deaths of 17 million people, earning him a barbaric reputation.

Sikh Warrior Hari Singh Nalwa ,number one spot on the Billionaires Australia list. - Punjabup films

Sikh Warrior Hari Singh Nalwa tops list of “Top Ten World Conquerors” compiled by Billionaires Australia | Sikh Siyasat News

Seriously, this guy over the likes of Khan, Timur, Alexander, Cyrus, etc? Get real.