Battle of Kasur (1807)

01A thorn near Lahore

The Pathan chiefs of Kasur held the land south of Lahore and had sided with the Afghans in their invasions. Ranjit Singh, who had taken Lahore in 1799 and proclaimed himself Maharaja in 1801, had already fought Kasur twice. In early 1807 he marched on it with Jodh Singh Ramgarhia. Qutb-ud-Din Khan came out to fight, was beaten, and shut himself up in the fort.

02The fort falls

The siege went on for about a month of bombardment and mining. Sikh accounts give the breach to Akali Phula Singh and his Nihangs, and say the young Hari Singh Nalwa, leading his own contingent for the first time, fought with great courage and was rewarded with a jagir. Qutb-ud-Din was captured, then pardoned and given Mamdot across the Sutlej. Kasur was annexed in March 1807.

Person · 1791–1837 CEHari Singh NalwaRanjit Singh’s foremost general fought at Kasur, Attock, Multan and Kashmir, governed Kashmir and Hazara, and took Peshawar in 1834. He fell defending Jamrud fort at the mouth of the Khyber on 30 April 1837.Read →