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Battle of Akora
Part of Jihad movement of Ahmad Barelvi
Date21 December 1826[1]
Location
Akora
Result Mujahideen Victory[2][3][4]
Belligerents
Sikh Empire Mujahideen
Commanders and leaders
Budh Singh Sandhanwalia
Atar Singh Sandhanwalia[5]
Syed Ahmad Barelvi[6][7]
Khadi Khan
Baqar Ali 
Allahbakhsh Khan 
Strength
4000[6] 1500[2]
Casualties and losses
500–700[2][6][8] 82[6]


The Battle of Akora Khattak was fought between the Sikh Empire and Mujahideen, mainly Afghans, under Syed Ahmad Barelvi.[2][9] Local Yusufzai and Khattak Pashtuns, led by Khadi Khan, supported Sayyid, and the attack was successful, resulting in significant casualties for the opposition.[10][11]

  1. ^ Altaf Qadir 2014, p. 13.
  2. ^ a b c d Altaf Qadir 2014, p. 62.
  3. ^ Metcalf, Barbara D. (2014-07-14). Islamic Revival in British India: Deoband, 1860-1900. Princeton University Press. p. 62. ISBN 978-1-4008-5610-7. his followers having won the allegiance of some of the local tribes, he attacked and defeated the Sikhs at Akora Khattak.
  4. ^ Ziad, Waleed (2021-11-16). Hidden Caliphate: Sufi Saints Beyond the Oxus and Indus. Harvard University Press. p. 182. ISBN 978-0-674-24881-6. Sayyid Ahmad's Mujahidin managed to defeat the Sikh armies
  5. ^ Sir Jadunath Sarkar Commemoration Volumes: Essays presented to Sir Jadunath Sarkar. Department of History, Panjab University. 1958.
  6. ^ a b c d Hari Ram Gupta 1978, p. 161.
  7. ^ Politics of Worship in the Contemporary Middle East: Sainthood in Fragile States. BRILL. 15 April 2013. ISBN 9789004249226.
  8. ^ Mohamed Taher 1998, p. 196.
  9. ^ Singh, Rishi (2014-12-31). State Formation and the Establishment of Non-Muslim Hegemony: Post-Mughal 19th-century Punjab. SAGE Publications India. ISBN 978-93-5150-504-4.
  10. ^ Rashid, Haroon (2002). History of the Pathans: The Sarabani Pathans. Haroon Rashid. p. 267.
  11. ^ "Syed Ahmad Barelvi profile". Story of Pakistan website. Archived from the original on 27 June 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2024.

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