Siege of Jalalabad (1710)

Siege of Jalalabad
	Part of Mughal-Sikh Wars
Date	July–August 1710
Location	Jalalabad, Muzaffarnagar
Result	Mughal victory
Belligerents
First Sikh State	Mughal Empire
Commanders and leaders
Banda Singh Bahadur	Jalal Khan Rohilla; Dindar Ali Khan; Hazbar Khan †; Jamal Khan †; Pir Khan †; Saiyid Taj-ud-Din Barha
Strength
70,000-80,000	5,400-6,400 according to Sagoo, and unknown number of Ghazis; 12,000 according to IHC
Casualties and losses
High	High

The siege of Jalalabad occurred in 1710 between the Mughal forces of Jalal Khan and the Sikh forces of Banda Singh Bahadur. Banda Singh Bahadur attacked the Mughal stronghold of Jalalabad. The army opposing Banda Singh was composed of a sizeable number of the Mughal zamindars and shurafa, including many Sadat,^[6] Banda Singh Bahadur repelled Mughal and Pathan forces after four days from the battlefield and back into the town, but failed to capture the town and withdrew.^[7]

^ Sagoo 2001, p. 169-172.
^ Muzzafar, Alam (2013). The Crisis of Empire in Mughal North India: Awadh and Punjab, 1707-48. Oxford University Press. p. 147. ISBN 9780199082384. The army of Jalal Khan Rohilla, Fajudar of the sarkar and Saiyid Taj-ud-Din Barha which effected a crushing defeat on the Sikhs in 1710 in Jalalabad comprised a sizeable number of zamindars along with the shurafa of the region.
^ Sagoo 2001, p. 171.
^ Sagoo 2001, p. 170.
^ Indian History Congress (1961). Proceedings - Indian History Congress. p. 143. A Saharanpur , but Jalal Khan Rohilla , many Sadat and others numbering 6,000 sawars and the same number of foot had faced them near thana Jalalabad and Muzaffarnagar , referred to a popular belief that the guru was God Shankar himself ...
^ Congress, Indian History (1963). Proceedings, Volume 24.
^ Jacques, Tony (2007). Dictionary of Battles and Sieges. Greenwood Press. p. 484. ISBN 978-0-313-33536-5.

[FOOTNOTESagoo2001169-172-1] Sagoo 2001, p. 169-172.

[2] Muzzafar, Alam (2013). The Crisis of Empire in Mughal North India: Awadh and Punjab, 1707-48. Oxford University Press. p. 147. ISBN 9780199082384. The army of Jalal Khan Rohilla, Fajudar of the sarkar and Saiyid Taj-ud-Din Barha which effected a crushing defeat on the Sikhs in 1710 in Jalalabad comprised a sizeable number of zamindars along with the shurafa of the region.

[FOOTNOTESagoo2001171-3] Sagoo 2001, p. 171.

[FOOTNOTESagoo2001170-4] Sagoo 2001, p. 170.

[Indian_History_Congress_1961_143-5] Indian History Congress (1961). Proceedings - Indian History Congress. p. 143. A Saharanpur , but Jalal Khan Rohilla , many Sadat and others numbering 6,000 sawars and the same number of foot had faced them near thana Jalalabad and Muzaffarnagar , referred to a popular belief that the guru was God Shankar himself ...

[6] Congress, Indian History (1963). Proceedings, Volume 24.

[jalalabad-7] Jacques, Tony (2007). Dictionary of Battles and Sieges. Greenwood Press. p. 484. ISBN 978-0-313-33536-5.

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