Afghan–Maratha War: Difference between revisions

* {{flagicon image|Flag of the Rampur State.svg|border=}} [[Najib ad-Dawlah|Najib-ud-Daula]]

* {{flagicon image|Flag of the Rampur State.svg|25px}} [[Zabita Khan]]

*[[Muhammad Khan Bangash|Muhammad Bangash]]

* [[File:Flag of Jaipur.svg|25px|]] [[Madho Singh I]]

The '''Afghan–Maratha War''' was fought between the [[Durrani Empire|Afghan Empire]] under [[Ahmad Shah Durrani]] and the [[Maratha Empire|Maratha Confederacy]] and the [[Sikh Confederacy]] between 1758 and 1761.<ref>{{cite book|first=George C.|last=Kohn|page=|title=Dictionary of Wars}}</ref> It took place in [[Northwest India (pre-1947)|north-west]] [[Indian subcontinent|India]], primarily the region around [[Delhi]] and [[Punjab]].<ref name="War">[https://books.google.com/books?id=zp0FbTniNaYC&dq=maratha+plunder+rohilkhand&pg=PA103 War, Culture and Society in Early Modern South Asia, 1740-1849]</ref>. The war was continued by the Rohilla Afghans and [[Taimur Shah Durrani]] till 1790.

==Background==

===Pathan War and Marathas===