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词条 Battle of Peshawar (1758)
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  1. Aftermath

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  3. References

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|conflict = Battle of Peshawar
|image =
|date = 8 May 1758
|place = Peshawar, Now in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
|result = Decisive Maratha victory
|territory= Peshawar captured by Marathas.[1]
|combatant1 =
Maratha Empire
|combatant2 =
Durrani Empire
|commander1= Raghunathrao
Malhar Rao Holkar
Tukoji Holkar
|commander2 =Timur Shah Durrani
Jahan Khan
}}

The Battle of Peshawar took place on 8 May 1758 between Maratha Empire and the Durrani Empire. The Marathas were victorious in the battle and Peshawar was captured. Before that, the fort of Peshawar was being guarded by Durrani troops under Timur Shah Durrani and Jahan Khan. When Raghunathrao and Malhar Rao Holkar had left Punjab they appointed Tukoji Sindhia as their representative in this are of the sub-continent. He along with Khandoji Kadam defeated the Afghan garrison.[2] The victory in this battle is considered a great success for Marathas as now their rule had extended to the border of Afghanistan, located 2000 km far from their capital Pune.

Aftermath

The Battle of Peshawar took place on 8 May 1758 between Maratha Empire and the Durrani Empire. The Marathas were victorious in the battle and Peshawar was captured. Before that, the fort of Peshawar was being guarded by Durrani troops under Timur Shah Durrani and Jahan Khan. After being defeated by the army of Marathas, Durranies with Jahan Khan and Timur Shah Durrani left the fort and fled to Afghanistan. The victory in this battle is considered a great success for Marathas as now their rule had extended to the border of Afghanistan, located 2000 km far from their capital Pune.[2][3][4][5]

Notes

1. ^{{Google books |plainurl= |id=jBBYD2J2oE4C |page=43 |title=A Historical Encyclopedia }}
2. ^Third Battle of Panipat by Abhas Verma {{ISBN|9788180903397}} Bharatiya Kala Prakashan
3. ^{{cite book | last=Roy |first=Kaushik |title=India's Historic Battles: From Alexander the Great to Kargil |publisher=Permanent Black, India |pages=80–1 |isbn=978-8178241098}}
4. ^{{cite book| first=Mountstuart |last=Elphinstone |title=History of India |publisher=John Murray, Albermarle Street |year=1841 |page=276}}
5. ^{{cite book | author=S.R. Sharma | title=Mughal empire in India: a systematic study including source material |url={{Google books |plainurl=yes |id=4j_VLlGqVSoC |page=763 }} | accessdate=30 November 2011 | year = 1999 | publisher=Atlantic Publishers & Dist|isbn=978-81-7156-819-2|page=763}}

References

  • {{Google books |plainurl= |id=jBBYD2J2oE4C |page=43 |title=Conflict and Conquest in the Islamic World: A Historical Encyclopedia }}
  • Duff, James Grant. [{{Google books |plainurl=yes |id=e_Pc4ZQMoy0C |page=199 }} A history of the Mahrattas, Volume 2]
  • {{Google books |plainurl= |id=zp0FbTniNaYC |page=103 |title=War, Culture and Society in Early Modern South Asia, 1740–1849 }}
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