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Part of Mughal war of succession (1707)
Battle of Jajau
Part of Mughal war of succession (1707)
Date
20 June 1707
Location
Jajau, Mughal Empire (present day Uttar Pradesh, India)
Result
Bahadur Shah I's Victory.
Crowns himself as the Mughal emperor
Belligerents
Mughals under Bahadur Shah I
Supported by Khalsa (Sikhs)[1][2]
Mughals under Azam Shah
Commanders and leaders
Bahadur Shah I Muhammad Azim Aghar Khan Khanazad Khan Saf Shikan Khan Jahandar Shah Azim-ush-Shan Farrukhsiyar Munim Khan II Hasan Ali Khan Barha (WIA) Husain Ali Khan Barha (WIA) Nur-ud-din Ali Khan Barha † Mirza Namdar Lucknowi † Sayyid Husain Khan † Sayyid Abu Said Khan † Inayat Khan Thaheem † Isa Khan Main
Supported by
Guru Gobind Singh[3][4] Bhai Dharam Singh[5] Kuldeep Singh [6]
Muhammad Azam Shah † Bidar Bakht † Alivardi Khan (WIA) Jawan Bakht † Sikandar Shan † Wala Jah † Ali Tabar † Khan Alam Dakhvini † Munawwar Khan Zulfiqar Khan Asad Khan Amanullah Khan † Jai Singh II Rao Dalpat Bundela † Ram Singh Hada † Mirza Sadr-ud-din Muhammad Khan Tarbiyat Khan † Mutallib Khan Salabat Khan † Aqil Khan † Safawi Khan Bakhshi † Shujat Khan † Ibrahim Khan Tabrizi Usman Khan Matlab Khan (WIA) Khudabanda Khan (WIA) Muhammad Bakir † Mir Atash † Muhammad Ishaq † Ibrahim Khan † Ahmad Khan † Darya Khan † Sayyid Abdullah † Sherani Khan † Abdullah Beg † Hazrat Quli Sistani † Dilawar Khan † Ibrahim Beg Babari † Ismail Khan † Sher Afkan Khan † Mast Ali Khan † Mir Nayaz † Janbaz Khan † Tari Khan †
Strength
170,000 horsemen[7]195,000 infantry
90,000 horsemen[8] 40,000 infantry[8]
Casualties and losses
10,000 soldiers[9]
10,000 soldiers[9] 12,000 horsemen[9]
Azam Shah and his 3 sons were buried in Humayun's Tomb, Delhi
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Late Mughal-Sikh Wars
Nadaun
Guler
Taragarh
Anandpur (1st, 1700)
Anandpur (2nd, 1700)
Nirmohgarh
Basoli
Chamkaur (1st)
Anandpur (1st, 1704)
Anandpur (2nd, 1704)
Sarsa
Chamkaur (2nd)
Muktsar
Jajau
Amritsar (1709)
Sonepat
Samana
Kapuri
Sadhaura
Ropar
Chappar Chiri
Sirhind
Saharanpur
Nanautu
Jalalabad
Kotla Begum
Bhilowal
Rahon
Thanesar
Lohgarh (1710)
Hoshiarpur
Jammu
Lohgarh (1712)
Kiri Pathan
Gurdas Nangal
Gurdaspur
Wan
Thikriwala
Basarke
Amritsar (1738)
Samad Khan's Expedition
Sarai Nurdin
Rorī Sahib
Sodhra and Badra (1748)
Amritsar (1748)
Ram Rauni
Multan (1749)
Jalandhar (1750)
Nadaun (1752)
Anandpur (1753)
Patti
Delhi (1764)
Panipat (1770)
Kunjpura (1772)
Jind
Ghanaur
Patiala
Shafi's Campaign
Sirhind (1781)
Delhi (1783)
The Battle of Jajau was fought between the two Mughal princes and brothers Bahadur Shah I and Muhammad Azam Shah on 20 June 1707. In 1707, their father Aurangzeb died without having declared a successor; instead leaving a will in which he instructed his sons to divide the empire between themselves. Their failure to reach a satisfactory agreement led to a military conflict. After Azam Shah and his three sons were killed in the Battle of Jajau, Bahadur Shah I was crowned as the Mughal emperor on 19 June 1707 at the age of 63.
^Macauliffe, Max (1909). The Sikh religion, its gurus, sacred writings, and authors Volume 5. p. 230.
^McLeod, W.H (2014). Historical Dictionary of Sikhism. p. 99. ISBN 9781442236011.
^Irvine, p. 89.
^Macauliffe, Max (1909). The Sikh religion, its gurus, sacred writings, and authors Volume 5. p. 230.
^McLeod, W.H (2014). Historical Dictionary of Sikhism. p. 99. ISBN 9781442236011.
^Gandhi, Surjit. A Historian's Approach to Guru Gobind Singh. p. 323. ISBN 8172053061.
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Khalsa (Sikhs)[1][2]
Mughals under Azam Shah
Guru Gobind Singh[3][4]