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{{Not to be confused with|Battle of Chamkaur|text=the [[Battle of Chamkaur|Second Battle of Chamkaur]], another battle in 1704 or 1705 at the same location}}<br />
{{Infobox military conflict<br />
| conflict = First Battle of Chamkaur<br />
| place = [[Chamkaur]]<br />
| partof = Mughal-Sikh Wars and [[Hill States-Sikh Wars]]<br />
| result = [[Sikh]] victory <br/> <br />
* Mughal General Sayyad Beg defects to the Sikhs.<br />
| strength1 = 500{{cn|date=May 2024}}<br />
| commander2 = [[File:Alam of the Mughal Empire.svg|25px]] [[Sayyad Beg]] <br><br />
[[File:Alam of the Mughal Empire.svg|25px]] [[Alif Khan (Mughal General)|Alif Khan]] <br><br />
[[File:Bilaspur_flag.svg|25px]] Raja [[Ajmer Chand]]<br />
| combatant1 = [[File:Sikh flag.jpg|25px]] [[Khalsa]] ([[Sikhs]])<br />
| combatant2 = [[File:Alam of the Mughal Empire.svg|25px]]<br />
[[Mughal Empire]] <br><br />
[[File:Bilaspur_flag.svg|25px]] [[Bilaspur State]]<br />
| commander1 = [[File:Sikh flag.jpg|25px]] [[Guru Gobind Singh]]<br />
| casualties1 = Unknown<br />
| casualties2 = Unknown<br />
| strength2 = 10,000<br />
| date = 1702<br />
}}<br />
{{Campaignbox Mughal-Sikh Wars}}{{Campaignbox Hill States-Sikh Wars}}<br />
The '''First battle of Chamkaur''' was fought in 1702 between the [[Sikhs]] and the [[Mughal Empire|Mughals]]. It resulted in a Sikh victory and the Mughal General Sayyad Beg defecting to the Sikhs with some troops.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Singh|first=Dalip|title=Life of Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji|publisher=B. Chattar Singh Jiwan Singh|year=2015|isbn=978-81-7601-480-9|edition=Sixth|location=Amristar, India|pages=188–189}}</ref><br />
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== Before the battle ==<br />
[[Guru Gobind Singh]] was making his way to [[Anandpur Sahib|Anandpur]]. He halted in [[Chamkaur]], Mughal troops led by Generals Sayyad Beg and Alif Khan were marching from [[Lahore]] to [[Old Delhi|Delhi]]. They were seen marching by Ajmer Chand. He asked the generals to join him and promised to pay them 2,000 rupees per day. The [[Mughal army|Mughal Army]] made an attack on the Guru.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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== Battle ==<br />
The Mughal Army and the army of [[Bilaspur State (princely state)|Bilaspur State]] attacked. There was only a small army of Sikhs with the Guru. Sayyad Beg felt the aggression against the prevailing peace was unwarranted. With heavy fighting in progress he along with some of his troops joined the Sikhs. Alif Khan alone could not fight. He withdrew his troops and made his troops march to Delhi.<ref name=":0" /><ref>Jacques, Tony. Dictionary of Battles and Sieges Page 221. Greenwood Press.</ref><br />
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== Aftermath ==<br />
The Guru along with his Sikhs returned to Anandpur and Sayyad Beg joined him.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:Battles involving the Sikhs|Chamkaur]]<br />
[[Category:Battles involving the Mughal Empire|Chamkaur]]<br />
[[Category:1702 in India]]<br />
[[Category:Conflicts in 1702|Chamkaur]]<br />
[[Category:1700s in the Mughal Empire]]</div>EveMagill33