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{{short description|Sovereign state of the Sikh Confederacy}} | {{short description|Sovereign state of the Sikh Confederacy}} | ||
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The '''Shaheedan''' [[Misl]]<ref>{{cite book|last=Bhagata|first=Siṅgha|title=A History of the Sikh Misals|publisher=Publication Bureau, Punjabi University|year=1993|page= 241|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BihuAAAAMAAJ&q=sandhu+jat|quote=Deep Singh Shahid, a Sandhu Jat and resident of the village of Pohuwind of the ''pargana'' of Amritsar, was the founder of this Misal.}}</ref> was one of twelve [[Misl|Sikh Misls]] that later became the [[Sikh Empire]]. It held a small amount of territory in the [[Malwa (Punjab)]] area around the [[Takht Sri Damdama Sahib|Damdama Sahib]]<ref name="McLeod 2005 186">{{cite book |title=Historical dictionary of Sikhism |last=McLeod |first=W.H. |author-link=W.H. McLeod |year=2005 |publisher=The Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-5088-0 |page=186 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ma3G-hjh6SwC&dq=shaheed+misl&pg=PA186 }}</ref> before being incorporated into the [[Sikh Empire]] of the [[Sukerchakia Misl]] by [[Ranjit Singh]]. | The '''Shaheedan''' [[Misl]]<ref>{{cite book|last=Bhagata|first=Siṅgha|title=A History of the Sikh Misals|publisher=Publication Bureau, Punjabi University|year=1993|page= 241|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BihuAAAAMAAJ&q=sandhu+jat|quote=Deep Singh Shahid, a Sandhu Jat and resident of the village of Pohuwind of the ''pargana'' of Amritsar, was the founder of this Misal.}}</ref> was one of twelve [[Misl|Sikh Misls]] that later became the [[Sikh Empire]]. It held a small amount of territory in the [[Malwa (Punjab)]] area around the [[Takht Sri Damdama Sahib|Damdama Sahib]]<ref name="McLeod 2005 186">{{cite book |title=Historical dictionary of Sikhism |last=McLeod |first=W.H. |author-link=W.H. McLeod |year=2005 |publisher=The Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-5088-0 |page=186 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ma3G-hjh6SwC&dq=shaheed+misl&pg=PA186 }}</ref> before being incorporated into the [[Sikh Empire]] of the [[Sukerchakia Misl]] by [[Ranjit Singh]]. | ||
==Origins and | [[Baba Deep Singh|Deep Singh]] (later [[Baba Deep Singh]]), son of Bhagta, of village Pahuwind (now district '''Amritsar''') was the founder of this '''Misl'''. Earlier this Misl was known as Deep Singh’s Misl but after the martyrdom of Deep Singh in 1757 and another '''[[Sikhs|Sikh]]''' general '''Gurbakhsh Singh''' (of Leel village) in 1764, this Misl came to be known as '''Misl''' '''Shaheedan'''. | ||
In 1748, [[Baba Deep Singh]] was appointed the leader of the Shaheedan Misl and the [[Mahant]] of the [[Takht Sri Damdama Sahib]]. In 1757, [[Ahmad Shah Abdali]] invaded India{{cn|date=August 2021}} and sent an army to the [[Harmindar Sahib]] to block [[Sikhs]] from entering the [[Gurdwara]]. Baba Deep Singh and a company of men who rode with him to free the gurdwara were killed in the [[Battle of Amritsar (1757)]]<ref name="sarsa">{{cite book|url=http://m.friendfeed-media.com/6e9ec7f58014456d2d5fd015cc8af9d2974509c0|title=Dictionary of Battles and Sieges|page=400|author=Jacques, Tony|year=2006|publisher=Greenwood Press|isbn=978-0-313-33536-5|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626120848/http://m.friendfeed-media.com/6e9ec7f58014456d2d5fd015cc8af9d2974509c0|archive-date=26 June 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref> against the [[Durrani Empire|Durrani Army]]. His successor, Suddha Singh, later led the misl into a skirmish against the [[Afghanistan|Afghan]] government of Jalandhar City The first two leaders of the misl were considered [[Shahid|Shaheeds]], or martyrs, by their contemporaries so the misl became known as, Shaheedan, or the followers of the martyrs. | |||
==Origins and History== | |||
In 1748, [[Baba Deep Singh]] was appointed the leader of the Shaheedan Misl and the [[Mahant]] of the [[Takht Sri Damdama Sahib]]. In 1757, [[Ahmad Shah Abdali]] invaded India{{cn|date=August 2021}} and sent an army to the [[Harmindar Sahib]] to block [[Sikhs]] from entering the [[Gurdwara]]. Baba Deep Singh and a company of men who rode with him to free the gurdwara were killed in the [[Battle of Amritsar (1757)]]<ref name="sarsa">{{cite book|url=http://m.friendfeed-media.com/6e9ec7f58014456d2d5fd015cc8af9d2974509c0|title=Dictionary of Battles and Sieges|page=400|author=Jacques, Tony|year=2006|publisher=Greenwood Press|isbn=978-0-313-33536-5|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626120848/http://m.friendfeed-media.com/6e9ec7f58014456d2d5fd015cc8af9d2974509c0|archive-date=26 June 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref> against the [[Durrani Empire|Durrani Army]]. His successor, Suddha Singh, later led the misl into a skirmish against the [[Afghanistan|Afghan]] government of [[Jalandhar]] City. The first two leaders of the misl were considered [[Shahid|Shaheeds]], or martyrs, by their contemporaries so the misl became known as, Shaheedan Misl, or the followers of the martyrs. The misl was annexed by the [[Sikh Empire]] at some point in the early 19th century and became a part of the [[Sikh Empire]]. The [[Nihang]] order of [[Sikhs]] maintains the traditions of this [[misl]].<ref name="McLeod 2005 186"/> | |||
== References == | == References == | ||