Battle of Qarawal

Battle of Qarawal
Part of Afghan-Sikh wars
Date1764
Location
Qarawal (near Lahore)
Result Afghan victory
Belligerents
Durrani Empire
Khanate of Kalat
Sukerchakia Misl
Commanders and leaders
Ahmad Shah Durrani
Nasir Khan
Gahram Khan 
Ahmad Khan 
Charat Singh[1][2]
Strength
18,000 Durrani forces[3]
12,000 from Kalat[3] (Invasion force, unknown present at battle)
Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown Unknown

The Battle of Qarawal was fought between the Sikhs under the command of Charat Singh against the Afghan forces led by Ahmad Shah Abdali and his Kalat ally Mir Nasir Khan I.The battle resulted in a victory for the Afghan forces and forced the Sikhs to withdraw to Amritsar.

  1. ^ Gupta, Hari Ram (2000). Studies In Later Mughal History Of The Punjab 1707-1793. Sang-e-Meel Publications. pp. 237–240. ISBN 9789693507560.
  2. ^ Singh, Ganda (1959). Ahmad Shah Durrani: Father of Modern Afghanistan. Asia Publishing House and online by Cambridge University Press. p. 297.
  3. ^ a b Gupta 2000, p. 197-199.

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