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{{Short description|Jarnail of Sarkar e Khalsa}}
{{One source|date=July 2022}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}
{{Infobox military person
| name = Ghausdeen Khan
| death_date = 1814
| birth_place = [[Gujranwala]], [[Sukerchakia Misl]], [[Sikh Confederacy]] <br /> (present-day [[Punjab, Pakistan]])
| death_place = [[Lahore]], [[Sikh Empire]] <br /> (present-day [[Punjab, Pakistan]])
| allegiance = [[File: Kattar Dhal Talwar.jpg|30px]] [[Sukerchakia Misl]] <br>
[[File:Sikh Empire flag.jpg|30px]] [[Sikh Empire]]
| branch = [[Sikh Khalsa Army]]
| rank = [[General|Jarnail]]
| spouse =
| children = [[Sultan Mahmud Khan]]
}}

'''Mian Ghausdeen Khan''' (died 1814), also known as Mian Ghausa, was a [[Punjabi Muslim]] of [[Arain]]<ref>{{Cite book|author=Griffin, Lepel Henry|url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/777874299|title=The Panjab chiefs : historical and biographical notices of the principal families in the Lahore and Rawalpindi divisions of the Panjab|date=1890|publisher=Civil and Military Gazette Press|oclc=777874299}}</ref> descent who served as an artillery officer of the [[Sukerchakia Misl]] under [[Maha Singh|Sardar Maha Singh]]. After Maha Singh's death, Ghaus Khan served his son, [[Ranjit Singh]], the founder of the [[Sikh Empire]]. Ghaus Khan's son, [[Sultan Mahmud Khan]] (d. 1859) and grandson, Sultan Ahmad Ali Khan, too served in the [[Sikh Khalsa Army]].<ref>{{Cite book|author=Vaḥīduddīn, Faqīr Sayyid|url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/52691326|title=The real Ranjit Singh|date=2001|publisher=Publication Bureau, Punjabi University|isbn=81-7380-778-7|oclc=52691326}}</ref><ref>Umdat Ul Tawarikh</ref>

== Military career ==
Ghaus Khan enrolled in the army of Maha Singh and eventually rose to become his Jarnail (General). His first significant participation was during the conquest of the [[Rohtas Fort]] from Nur-ud-din Bamezai, a general of Ahmad Shah Durrani. He accompanied Maha Singh during four-month siege to [[Rasool Nagar]], in which they were assisted by [[Jai Singh Kanhaiya]], chief of the [[Kanhaiya Misl]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Singh|first=Birinder Pal|date=2016-06-28|title=Mazhabi Sikhs of Shillong and Guwahati (India)|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17448727.2016.1147172|journal=Sikh Formations|volume=13|issue=3|pages=162–180|doi=10.1080/17448727.2016.1147172|s2cid=148236402|issn=1744-8727}}</ref> He served under the 10-year old Ranjit Singh during the siege of [[Sodhra]]. Sometime after, Maha Singh died and Ranjit Singh was crowned the chief of Sukerchakia Misl.

Under Ranjit Singh, he served during the [[Battle of Amritsar (1797)]], [[Battle of Gujrat (1797)]] and [[Battle of Amritsar (1798)]], these battled foiled the attempts of Shah Zaman Durrani to annex Punjab into his region. In 1799, he accompanied Ranjit Singh and his mother-in-law, [[Sada Kaur]] in the conquest of [[Lahore]] from the [[Bhangi Misl]]. In 1801, Ranjit Singh was proclaimed the [[Maharaja]] of Punjab.

Ghaus Khan was skilful artillery officer and known to be close to both Maha Singh and Ranjit Singh.<ref>{{Cite book|author=Vaḥīduddīn, Faqīr Sayyid|url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/52691326|title=The real Ranjit Singh|date=2001|publisher=Publication Bureau, Punjabi University|isbn=81-7380-778-7|oclc=52691326}}</ref> He was rewarded with jagirs of Van and Bharoval in Amritsar district, along with a mansion in Lahore. In 1808, he commanded the operation with the six-year old [[Kharak Singh|Prince Kharak Singh]], when he was sent to capture the fort of [[Sheikhupura]]. In 1812, when Ranjit Singh reorganized the artillery wing of his army into Topkhana Khas and Topkhana Mubarak, Jarnail Ghaus Khan was placed in charge of both, with the designation of Daroghai Topkhana.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Suri|first=Sohan Lal|title=Umdat Ul Tawarikh}}</ref>

== References ==
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