Battle of Nara (1824): Difference between revisions

{{Infobox military conflict|<nowiki>24px]]</nowiki>[[Hari Singh Nalwa]]{{WIA}}

| conflict          = Battle of Nara (1824)

| partof            = the [[Afghan-Sikh Wars]]

| place            = [[Hazara]]{{which|date=May 2023}}

| result            = Afghan Victory<ref name="panjabpast">https://books.google.com/books?id=0TpuAAAAMAAJ&q=battle%20of%20nara%20hari%20singh%20defeated%208,000</ref><ref name="gazetteer">{{Cite book |last=Watson |first=Hubert Digby |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lQY3AQAAMAAJ&dq=battle+of+nara+hari+singh+defeated+8,000&pg=PA128 |title=Gazetteer of the Hazara District, 1907 |date=1908 |publisher=Chatto & Windus |pages=128 |language=en}}</ref>{{Unreliable source?|date=May 2023}}<ref>https://www.google.com.pk/books/edition/History_of_the_Pathans_The_Sarabani_Path/gOFtAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0&bsq=Nara%20Hari%20Singh%20defeat</ref>

| commander1        = [[File:Sikh Empire flag.jpg|24px]] [[Hari Singh Nalwa]]{{WIA}}

| commander2        = Sadulah Khan<ref>https://www.google.com.pk/books/edition/History_of_the_Pathans_The_Sarabani_Path/gOFtAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0&bsq=Nara%20Hari%20Singh%20defeat</ref>

| strength1        = 8,000<ref name="gazetteer"/>

| strength2        = 15,000<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/ThePunjabPastAndPresent-Volume29Part1And2/page/n75/mode/2up?q=nara|title=The Punjab Past and Present|volume=29|year=1995|pages=72}}</ref>

| casualties1      = 500<ref name="gazetteer"/><ref name="sikhcourier">https://books.google.com/books?id=xGJRAAAAYAAJ&q=battle%20of%20nara%20hari%20singh%201824</ref>

In 1824, Hari Singh Nalwa launched an expedition against local [[Pashtuns|Pashtun]] tribesmen, which led to the Battle of Nara.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sandhu |first=Autar Singh |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xIMeAAAAMAAJ |title=General Hari Singh Nalwa: Builder of the Sikh Empire |date=1987 |publisher=Uppal Publishing House |isbn=978-81-85024-30-1 |pages=32 |language=en}}</ref> Local Pashtun tribesmen defeated Hari Singh's 8,000-strong force in this battle after inflicting more than 500 casualties on him.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hussain |first=J. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oKDjAAAAMAAJ&newbks=0&hl=en |title=A History of the Peoples of Pakistan: Towards Independence |date=1997 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-577819-9 |pages=314 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="gazetteer"/>{{Unreliable source?|date=May 2023}} Hari suffered numerous wounds.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Singh |first=Ganda |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_dgIEmeAJIMC |title=A Bibliography of the Punjab |date=1966 |publisher=Punjabi University |language=en}}</ref>

In 1824 A.D., Hari Singh Nalwa went to the Gandgar highlands, where Muhammad Khan Tareen and other rebellious leaders had sought sanctuary. In 1822, the Sikhs failed to reduce Srikot after a hard-fought fight at Sari at the base of the mountain. They tried again in 1824 but failed.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xGJRAAAAYAAJ |title=The Sikh Courier International |date=1993 |publisher=Sikh Cultural Society of Great Britain |pages=22 |language=en}}</ref>{{Failed verification|date=April 2023}}<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8mzVAAAAMAAJ&newbks=0&hl=en |title=The Pakistan Review |date=1966 |publisher=Ferozsons Limited |pages=38 |language=en}}</ref> The [[Mashwani|Mashwanis]], Saidkhani and [[Utmanzai (Sarbani tribe)|Utmanzais]] bravely repelled the 8,000-strong Sikh force at Nara, which lies at the mouth of a trail to [[Srikot]].<ref name="gazetteer"/>{{Unreliable source?|date=May 2023}}<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rashid |first=Haroon |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gOFtAAAAMAAJ&newbks=0&hl=en |title=History of the Pathans: The Sarabani Pathans |date=2002 |publisher=Haroon Rashid |pages=213 |language=en}}</ref> A white pillar, subsequently constructed by Major Abbot, recalls their victory. Hari Singh was hit by a stone thrown from the village walls and rolled into the valley below, where he remained for a long time unconscious and unnoticed.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Adamson |first1=Hilary |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uhkMAAAAIAAJ |title=A Traveller's Guide to Pakistan |last2=Shaw |first2=Isobel |date=1981 |publisher=Asian Study Group |pages=179 |language=en}}</ref>{{Failed verification|date=April 2023}}

 

The [[Mashwani]] and Saidkhani Pashtuns repulsed [[Hari Singh Nalwa]] and he retreated to [[Haripur, Pakistan|Haripur]] with heavy casualties. When Ranjit heard the news of Hari Singh’s defeat at Nara, he immediately collected a large enforcement up to Hazara and defeated the tribesmen at Sirikot hills and after staying at Sirikot for two nights, [[Ranjit Singh]] marched to Tarbela and defeated the Utmanzais of Khabbal. Ranjit Singh secured the Sirikot hills to his 500 garrison and returned victorious taking Muhammad Khan Tarin back with him.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Caroe |first=Olaf |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8mA8AAAAMAAJ&newbks=0&hl=en |title=The Pathans, 550 B.C.-A.D. 1957 |date=1983 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-577221-0 |pages=300 |language=en}}</ref>

 

 

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