Capture of Peshawar (1834)

Capture of Peshawar
	Part of Afghan-Sikh Wars
Date	6 May 1834
Location	Peshawar
Result	Sikh victory
Territorial; changes	Peshawar captured by the Sikh Empire
Belligerents
Sikh Empire	Peshawar Barakzai Sardars
Commanders and leaders
Hari Singh Nalwa; Maharaja Ranjit Singh; Mahan Singh Mirpuri; Khushal Singh Jamadar; Tej Singh; Misr Sukh Raj	Sultan Mohammad Khan

The Capture of Peshawar, or more appropriately, the Sikh occupation of Peshawar, took place on 6 May 1834, when the Sikh Empire formally annexed the territory. Peshawar was governed by the Barakzai Sardars — Yar Mohammed Khan, Sultan Mohammed Khan, Sayeed Mohammed Khan and Pir Mohammed Khan. They were collectively referred to as the Peshawar Barakzais.^[1] The Peshawar Barakzais had broken free of their half-brothers ruling Kabul^[2]

Charles Masson, pseudonym of a deserter from the army of The East India Company was an eyewitness to the event and has left a detailed account.^[3]

^ Sohan lal Suri. UMDAT-UT-TAWARIKH Volume 3. S.Chand. p. 228. Retrieved 6 January 2009.
^ Jaques, Tony. Dictionary of Battles and Sieges. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 790. ISBN 9780313335365. Retrieved 31 July 2010.
^ Masson, C. (1842). Narrative of Various Journeys in Balochistan, Afghanistan and the Panjab Vol 3. Richard Bentley. pp. 224–9.

[1] Sohan lal Suri. UMDAT-UT-TAWARIKH Volume 3. S.Chand. p. 228. Retrieved 6 January 2009.

[TJ-2] Jaques, Tony. Dictionary of Battles and Sieges. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 790. ISBN 9780313335365. Retrieved 31 July 2010.

[3] Masson, C. (1842). Narrative of Various Journeys in Balochistan, Afghanistan and the Panjab Vol 3. Richard Bentley. pp. 224–9.

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