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| {{Other uses of|Battle of Peshawar}}
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| | conflict = Battle of Peshawar
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| | partof = [[Afghan-Sikh Wars]]
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| | date = May 6, 1834
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| | place = [[Peshawar]]
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| | result = * Sikh Victory<br>
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| * Afghan forces routed
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| * Peshawar annexed into the Sikh Empire
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| |combatant1= [[File:Sikh Empire flag.jpg|50px]] [[Sikh Empire]]
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| |combatant2= [[Image:Flag of the Emirate of Herat.svg|50px]] [[Durrani Empire]]
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| | commander1 = [[Hari Singh Nalwa]]<br>[[Ranjit Singh|Maharaja Ranjit Singh]]
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| | commander2 = [[Dost Mohammad Khan]]<br>[[Sultan Mohammad Khan]]
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| {{Campaignbox Afghan-Sikh Wars}}
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| The '''Battle of Peshawar''' took place on May 6, 1834, between the [[Sikh Empire]] and the [[Afghans]]<ref name="TJ"/> who were the successors to the [[Durrani Empire]]. Maharaj Ranjit Singh had previously won and lost the city of [[Peshawar]] twice, and sent General [[Hari Singh Nalwa]] to capture it. After brief fighting, Hari Singh Nalwa captured the city and took [[Sultan Mohammad Khan]] as a prisoner of war. The news of the capture of [[Peshawar]] and [[Sultan Mohammad Khan]] quickly reached [[Kabul]].<ref name="TJ">{{cite book|last=Jaques|first=Tony.|title=Dictionary of Battles and Sieges|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sbMFCZyAcnQC|accessdate=31 July 2010|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=9780313335365|page=790}}</ref> A large [[Afghan]] force under his brother, [[Dost Mohammad Khan]], arrived in support of him, but withdrew.<ref name="TJ"/> Hari Singh Nalwa then, as a gesture of goodwill, installed [[Sultan Mohammad Khan]] as governor of the city, and as a vassal to Maharaja [[Ranjit Singh]].
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| [[Category:Battles involving the Sikhs|Peshawar 1834]]
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| [[Category:1834 in India]]
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| [[Category:History of Peshawar|1834]]
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| [[Category:Conflicts in 1834|Peshawar 1834]]
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| [[Category:Battles involving Afghanistan|Peshawar 1834]]
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| [[Category:Ranjit Singh]]
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| [[Category:1834 in Afghanistan]]
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| [[Category:May 1834 events]]
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