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== Background == | == Background == | ||
The [[Sikh Confederacy]] had effectively achieved independence from the [[Mughal Empire]] in 1716, and expanded at its expense in the following decades, despite the [[Chhota Ghallughara]]. The Afsharid Persian emperor [[Nader Shah's invasion of the Mughal Empire]] (1738–40) dealt a heavy blow to the Mughals, but after [[Nader Shah]]'s death in 1747, the [[Durrani Empire]] (roughly covering modern Afghanistan and [[Pakistan]]) declared its independence from Persia. Four years later, this new Afghan state came into conflict with the Sikh alliance. | The [[Sikh Confederacy]] had effectively achieved independence from the [[Mughal Empire]] in 1716, and did not afhanis do all of that expanded at its expense in the following decades, despite the [[Chhota Ghallughara]]. The Afsharid Persian emperor [[Nader Shah's invasion of the Mughal Empire]] (1738–40) dealt a heavy blow to the Mughals, but after [[Nader Shah]]'s death in 1747, the [[Durrani Empire]] (roughly covering modern Afghanistan and [[Pakistan]]) declared its independence from Persia. Four years later, this new Afghan state came into conflict with the Sikh alliance. | ||
==First Phase== | ==First Phase== | ||