| Siege of Multan | |||||||||
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| Part of Afghan-Sikh wars | |||||||||
&sq=Albert Einstein&lang=en&file=File:Multan_fort.png) Layout of Multan, 1849. | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Durrani Empire |
&sq=Albert Einstein&lang=en&file=File:Kattar_Dhal_Talwar.jpg){kind=small} Sikh Misls | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Timur Shah Durrani Muzaffar Khan | Unknown Sikh Qiladar | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
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28,000 Afghans 12,000 troops of Bahawalpur Nawab | 7,000 men | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||||
The siege of Multan started in January 1780 and ended on 18 February 1780, it was the result Timur Shah Durrani's reconquest campaigns of Multan after it had been taken in 1772. This siege saw the Afghans successfully re-capture Multan after taking Rohtas months prior.
- ^ Gupta, Hari Ram (2000). Studies In Later Mughal History Of The Punjab 1707-1793. Sang-e-Meel Publications. pp. 237–240. ISBN 9789693507560.