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Some people (cough cough @M. Sarmad ) seem to think that the Sikh Empire were liked by people of the Indus for defending the region from the Durrani Empire, since the latter came from Afghanistan. Since they also came from the Indus, people seem to think this makes them "ours", when this couldn't be further from the truth.
First of all, it's important to remember that the Durrani Empire itself was Pashtun, and Pakistan itself has the world's largest population of Pashtuns. Not only that, but Durranis are present in Pakistan, with well-known individuals such as Asad Durrani belonging to the very same tribe (as his name would suggest). The Durrani Empire also had not just Pashtuns fight in their army, but also Balochis and even Punjabis (Gakhars specifically). Both of these ethnicities are also major communities in Pakistan (as we all know):
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id...ved=0ahUKEwiBk-nu1erfAhVUuHEKHZufBFIQ6AEIKDAA
http://www.uob.edu.pk/journals/TREATY OF KALAT 1758 BETWEEN QANDHAR AND KALAT AND ITS IMPACTS.pdf
http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V06_284.gif
The founder of the Durrani Empire (Ahmed Shah Durrani), is also believed by many to have been born in Multan, a city in Pakistan:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmad_Shah_Durrani#Early_years
Sources cited in the Wikipedia link:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durrani_Empire
Sources cited in the Wikipedia link:
Ahmed Khan Karral, Punjabi rebel who resisted the Sikh Empire until their very collapse, after which he fought against the British and was finally defeated:
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmad_Khan_Kharal
Source cited in Wikipedia link:
AD Ejaz 'Ahmad Khan Kharal', 1985
The Karlal tribe. In 1822, Ranjit Singh sent a large force under famous General Amar Singh Majitta which was defeated by Karlals with great slaughter. Amar Singh was also murdered by the Karlal. Lepel Griffin, the author of Colonial History of Hazara, writes in his book about this battle of Sumandar Khata. From 1822 to 1845 Karlal tribe fought many battles with Sikhs and were able to retain their independence. In 1844 once again Lahore Darbar sent a large force under Diwan Mulraj and Hari Singh to subdue Karlal country. Taking advantage of the difficult geographical terrain of their country, the Karlals were able to defeat Sikh army at a place called Nah and killed more than 150 Sikh soldiers:
https://newpakhistorian.wordpress.com/tag/karlal/
Ruhullah Khan, Gujjar from Kashmir who defeated Ranjit Singh three times in battle:
https://javaidrahi.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/the-gujjars-vol-1-ed-dr-javaid-rahi.pdf (page 33)
The Sikh Empire's oppression of Muslims is also well known. They banned the Azaan, turned Masjids into stables, sold Muslim women as slaves, killed thousands of Muslim children, etc. Their worst enemies were also Muslim (as already proven):
http://materiaislamica.com/index.php/Persecution_of_Muslims_in_the_Sikh_Empire_(1799—1849)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persecution_of_Muslims#Sikhs_and_Sikh_Empire
Sources cited in Wikipedia link:
To summarise, the Sikh Empire were the enemies of our people, not their friends. Anyone who thinks otherwise doesn't know history.
@Pan-Islamic-Pakistan @PAKISTANFOREVER @MultaniGuy @Samlee @DESERT FIGHTER @Desert Fox @JohnWick @Talwar e Pakistan
First of all, it's important to remember that the Durrani Empire itself was Pashtun, and Pakistan itself has the world's largest population of Pashtuns. Not only that, but Durranis are present in Pakistan, with well-known individuals such as Asad Durrani belonging to the very same tribe (as his name would suggest). The Durrani Empire also had not just Pashtuns fight in their army, but also Balochis and even Punjabis (Gakhars specifically). Both of these ethnicities are also major communities in Pakistan (as we all know):
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id...ved=0ahUKEwiBk-nu1erfAhVUuHEKHZufBFIQ6AEIKDAA
http://www.uob.edu.pk/journals/TREATY OF KALAT 1758 BETWEEN QANDHAR AND KALAT AND ITS IMPACTS.pdf
http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V06_284.gif
The founder of the Durrani Empire (Ahmed Shah Durrani), is also believed by many to have been born in Multan, a city in Pakistan:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmad_Shah_Durrani#Early_years
Sources cited in the Wikipedia link:
- Nichols, Robert (2015). "Aḥmad Shāh Durrānī". In Fleet, Kate; Krämer, Gudrun; Matringe, Denis; Nawas, John; Rowson, Everett. Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE. ISSN 1873-9830. Aḥmad Shāh Durrānī (r. 1160–86/1747–72), of the Sadozay section of the Popalzay lineage of the Abdālī Afghans, was the first Sadozay ruler of Afghanistan, founding the Durrānī empire in 1160/1747. Born in Multān (which was disputed with Herat) as Aḥmad Khān, second son of Zamān Khān Abdālī (d. 1135/1722), then governor of Herat, he arose from the lineage, regional, and imperial competitions of the age to establish an independent Afghan power.
- ^ Hanifi, Shah Mahmoud (2008). Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. p. 42. ISBN 978-0804777773. Ahmad Shah (ruled 1747–72), the ephemeral empire's founder, was born in Multan in 1722.
- ^ Roy, Kaushik; Lorge, Peter, eds. (2015). Chinese and Indian Warfare – From the Classical Age to 1870. Routledge. p. 95. ISBN 978-1317587101. Ahmad Khan later known as Ahmad Shah Durrani/Abdali was born in 1722 at Multan.
- ^ Mehta, J. L. (2005). Advanced study in the history of modern India 1707–1813. Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd. p. 247. ISBN 978-1-932705-54-6. Retrieved 23 September 2010.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durrani_Empire
Sources cited in the Wikipedia link:
- Hanifi, Shah Mahmoud. "Timur Shah transferred the Durrani capital from Qandahar in 1775-76. Kabul and Peshawar then shared time as the dual Durrani capital cities, the former during the summer and the latter during the winter season." p. 185. Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier. Stanford University Press, 2011. Retrieved 2012-08-04.
- ^ Jump up to:a b Singh, Sarina (2008). "Like the Kushans, the Afghan kings favoured Peshawar as a winter residence, and were aggrieved when the upstart Sikh kingdom snatched it in 1818 and levelled its buildings." p. 191. Pakistan and the Karakoram Highway. Retrieved 2012-08-10.
Ahmed Khan Karral, Punjabi rebel who resisted the Sikh Empire until their very collapse, after which he fought against the British and was finally defeated:
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmad_Khan_Kharal
Source cited in Wikipedia link:
AD Ejaz 'Ahmad Khan Kharal', 1985
The Karlal tribe. In 1822, Ranjit Singh sent a large force under famous General Amar Singh Majitta which was defeated by Karlals with great slaughter. Amar Singh was also murdered by the Karlal. Lepel Griffin, the author of Colonial History of Hazara, writes in his book about this battle of Sumandar Khata. From 1822 to 1845 Karlal tribe fought many battles with Sikhs and were able to retain their independence. In 1844 once again Lahore Darbar sent a large force under Diwan Mulraj and Hari Singh to subdue Karlal country. Taking advantage of the difficult geographical terrain of their country, the Karlals were able to defeat Sikh army at a place called Nah and killed more than 150 Sikh soldiers:
https://newpakhistorian.wordpress.com/tag/karlal/
Ruhullah Khan, Gujjar from Kashmir who defeated Ranjit Singh three times in battle:
https://javaidrahi.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/the-gujjars-vol-1-ed-dr-javaid-rahi.pdf (page 33)
The Sikh Empire's oppression of Muslims is also well known. They banned the Azaan, turned Masjids into stables, sold Muslim women as slaves, killed thousands of Muslim children, etc. Their worst enemies were also Muslim (as already proven):
http://materiaislamica.com/index.php/Persecution_of_Muslims_in_the_Sikh_Empire_(1799—1849)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persecution_of_Muslims#Sikhs_and_Sikh_Empire
Sources cited in Wikipedia link:
- Syad Muhammad Latif (1964), History of the Panjab: From the Remotest Antiquity to Present Time, pp. 111–21
- ^ Lawrence, Sir Walter Roper (1895). The Valley of Kashmir. ISBN 978-8120616301.
- ^ "Languages of Belonging".
- ^ Deol, Harnik (2000). Religion and Nationalism in India. ISBN 978-0415201087.
- ^ Explore Kashmiri Pandits. ISBN 9780963479860.
- ^ Joshi-Ford, Sunita (2008-07-11). Jihad. ISBN 978-1606931615.
- ^ Metcalf, Barbara D; Metcalf, Thomas R (2002). A Concise History of India. ISBN 978-0521639743.
- ^ "Full text of "Gulab Singh 1792 1858"". Archive.org. Retrieved 2016-02-09.
- ^ Bakshi, G.D. (2002). Footprints in the Snow. ISBN 978-8170622925.
To summarise, the Sikh Empire were the enemies of our people, not their friends. Anyone who thinks otherwise doesn't know history.
@Pan-Islamic-Pakistan @PAKISTANFOREVER @MultaniGuy @Samlee @DESERT FIGHTER @Desert Fox @JohnWick @Talwar e Pakistan
