Battle of Multan

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battle military conflict

The Battle of Multan was a major early-19th-century conflict in which Sikh forces under Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s commanders, including the famed general Hari Singh Nalwa, captured the strategic city of Multan from its Afghan rulers, consolidating Sikh control in the region.

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Label	Occurrences
Battle of Multan canonical	1
Multan campaign	1

Statements (40)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ military conflict ⓘ
associatedWith	Hari Singh Nalwa’s campaigns ⓘ Sikh military expansion ⓘ
belligerent	Afghan rulers of Multan ⓘ Sikh Empire ⓘ
capturedCity	Multan NERFINISHED ⓘ
combatant	Afghan garrison of Multan ⓘ Khalsa Army ⓘ surface form: Sikh forces
commander	Hari Singh Nalwa NERFINISHED ⓘ Maharaja Ranjit Singh NERFINISHED ⓘ Muzaffar Khan ⓘ
conflictType	siege ⓘ
effect	strengthening of Sikh political influence in the region ⓘ weakening of Afghan power in Punjab ⓘ
era	early 19th century ⓘ
hasParticipant	Durrani ⓘ surface form: Afghan rulers of Multan Hari Singh Nalwa NERFINISHED ⓘ Maharaja Ranjit Singh NERFINISHED ⓘ Muzaffar Khan ⓘ Sikh Empire ⓘ
historicalRegion	Durrani-influenced territories ⓘ
location	Multan NERFINISHED ⓘ Punjab ⓘ surface form: Punjab region present-day Pakistan ⓘ
notableCommander	Hari Singh Nalwa NERFINISHED ⓘ Maharaja Ranjit Singh NERFINISHED ⓘ
opposingForce	Afghan defenders of Multan ⓘ
outcome	integration of Multan into the Sikh Empire ⓘ
partOf	Afghan–Sikh conflicts ⓘ surface form: Sikh–Afghan conflicts expansion of the Sikh Empire ⓘ
predecessorEvent	earlier Sikh–Afghan clashes in Punjab ⓘ
result	Sikh victory ⓘ capture of Multan by the Sikh Empire ⓘ end of Afghan rule in Multan ⓘ
significance	key step in Sikh consolidation of Punjab ⓘ shift of regional power from Afghan to Sikh control ⓘ
strategicImportance	consolidation of Sikh control in southern Punjab ⓘ control of Multan as a key commercial center ⓘ
successorEvent	further Sikh campaigns in northwestern India ⓘ

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Hari Singh Nalwa → battle → Battle of Multan ⓘ

Kharak Singh → notableBattle → Battle of Multan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Multan campaign