This left the East India Company's forces too weak to maintain the siege, and they were forced to retreat. However, on the previous occasions the Sikh forces would defeat the defending force and seize the city only to have the governor of Multan, Muzaffar Khan Sadozai, retreat into the Multan Fort. The attack happened around 4:30 am and was carried out against Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan members who gathered in thousands to mourn the death of their leader Azam Tariq. There was an uneasy peace for three years, during which Mulraj attempted to maintain practical independence while being nominally subject to the East India Company. Corporal John Ryder of the (European) Bombay Fusiliers later wrote of the city after the siege. During previous sieges the Sikhs had settled for large single payments of tribute, while the attack in 1810 resulted in Multan paying a yearly tribute. Mulraj nevertheless maintained his fire and sent a defiant message to Whish, stating that he still had enough powder to last a year. In early 1818, Ranjit Singh ordered the Sikh army to rendezvous on the south-west frontier of the Sikh Empire to make preparations for an expedition against Multan. Mountains of dead lay in every part of the town, and heaps of human ashes in every square, where the bodies had been burnt as they were killed. In early June, Edwardes began to lead an army against Multan.
Mulraj's treasury was worth three million pounds, a huge sum for the time. Meanwhile, Mulraj was reinforced by several other regiments of the Sikh Khalsa Army, the army of the Sikh empire, which rebelled or deserted. There was also much looting in the town, by both British and Indian soldiers. A despatch rider carried it to Currie in Lahore, while a second took a copy via a different route, across the Indus River. Muzaffar Khan already ruled the Durrani province of Multan independently of the descendants of Ahmad Shah Abdali, the rulers of Kabul. Under cover of their fire, breaching batteries were set up only 80 yards from the walls, and created two breaches in them while causing great damage in the city.
Incident. Currie nevertheless decided to impose a compliant Sikh ruler, Sardar Khan Singh, who was to be accompanied by a British Political Agent, Patrick Vans Agnew. (Some sources state that 80 guns were mounted in the citadel, though some of these may have been obsolete or decorative pieces). After his death the next eldest brother Mohd. Meltan generates electricity using the metal it absorbs from outside sources. On 18 January, Whish's sappers exploded three mines under its walls, causing heavy losses and destroying large sections of its walls. Most of Meltan's body is made from liquid metal, and its shape is very fluid. This allowed Jundial Singh and other officers to influence Sher Singh and spread disaffection among his regiments.
He also had 150 pieces of artillery, many of which were heavy guns or mortars.
The death toll was 40 and the number of injured was close to 100. The appointment of Sher Singh alarmed many junior Political Agents, as his father, Chattar Singh Attariwalla, was apparently openly preparing to revolt in Hazara to the north of the Punjab. The 2004 Multan bombing was a car bombing that took place in Multan, Punjab, Pakistan on October 7, 2004. On 18 April, Vans Agnew and another officer, Lieutenant Anderson from the East India Company's Bombay Army, arrived outside Multan with a small escort of Gurkhas. In February, the Sikh force under Kharak Singh reached Multan and ordered Muzaffar to pay the large tribute he owed and to surrender the fort, but Muzaffar refused.
In 1845, although the population was almost half Muslim, it was ruled by a Hindu vassal, Dewan Mulraj. He nevertheless regarded himself as committed to rebellion by their actions. He presented Vans Agnew's head to Khan Singh and told him to take it back to Currie.
During the night, most of Vans Agnew's escort left. Mulraj attempted to forestall a complete annexation of Multan by abdicating in favour of his son. By January 1818, the Sikh Empire had established an extensive supply chain from the capital, Lahore, to Multan, with the use of boat transports to ferry supplies across the Jhelum, Chenab, and Ravi rivers. Army Public School is located at Warsak Road near the Peshawar Cantt, and is part of Army Public Schools and College Systems that runs 146 schools in Pakistan.
The Sikh forces won an engagement near the city but were unable to capture Muzaffar before he retreated into the fort. The Siege of Multan was a battle between a Vizier of the Durrani Empire and the Sikh Empire that started in March 1818 and ended on 2 June 1818. Azim Khan, governor of Kashmir, led the Barakzais as they rebelled and divided up the provinces of the empire between themselves. For Alauddin Khalji's conquest of Multan, see, Learn how and when to remove this template message, largest non-nuclear explosions in history, 9th Queen's Royal Light Dragoons (Lancers), https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Siege_of_Multan&oldid=972750184, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, "The Memoirs of Private Waterfield" ed Arthur Swinson (aka F M Bailey) & Donald Scott Cassell London 1968, This page was last edited on 13 August 2020, at 16:42. With the relatives of the deceased Fateh Khan engulfed in a power struggle with Mahmud Shah, no Durrani force would be able to relieve him. With the fall of Multan, Whish's army was able to reinforce the main Bengal Army force under Sir Hugh Gough. [5], While in power, however, Fateh Khan had installed twenty-one of his brothers in positions of power throughout the Durrani Empire. On 14 September, Sher Singh openly rebelled against the East India Company. Mulraj's forces were driven back into the city, and Whish's force set up batteries 500 yards from the city walls. In early June, Sadhu Singh and a small band of other Akalis attacked the fort walls and discovered a breach in the wall.
This left the East India Company's forces too weak to maintain the siege, and they were forced to retreat. However, on the previous occasions the Sikh forces would defeat the defending force and seize the city only to have the governor of Multan, Muzaffar Khan Sadozai, retreat into the Multan Fort. The attack happened around 4:30 am and was carried out against Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan members who gathered in thousands to mourn the death of their leader Azam Tariq. There was an uneasy peace for three years, during which Mulraj attempted to maintain practical independence while being nominally subject to the East India Company. Corporal John Ryder of the (European) Bombay Fusiliers later wrote of the city after the siege. During previous sieges the Sikhs had settled for large single payments of tribute, while the attack in 1810 resulted in Multan paying a yearly tribute. Mulraj nevertheless maintained his fire and sent a defiant message to Whish, stating that he still had enough powder to last a year. In early 1818, Ranjit Singh ordered the Sikh army to rendezvous on the south-west frontier of the Sikh Empire to make preparations for an expedition against Multan. Mountains of dead lay in every part of the town, and heaps of human ashes in every square, where the bodies had been burnt as they were killed. In early June, Edwardes began to lead an army against Multan.
Mulraj's treasury was worth three million pounds, a huge sum for the time. Meanwhile, Mulraj was reinforced by several other regiments of the Sikh Khalsa Army, the army of the Sikh empire, which rebelled or deserted. There was also much looting in the town, by both British and Indian soldiers. A despatch rider carried it to Currie in Lahore, while a second took a copy via a different route, across the Indus River. Muzaffar Khan already ruled the Durrani province of Multan independently of the descendants of Ahmad Shah Abdali, the rulers of Kabul. Under cover of their fire, breaching batteries were set up only 80 yards from the walls, and created two breaches in them while causing great damage in the city.
Incident. Currie nevertheless decided to impose a compliant Sikh ruler, Sardar Khan Singh, who was to be accompanied by a British Political Agent, Patrick Vans Agnew. (Some sources state that 80 guns were mounted in the citadel, though some of these may have been obsolete or decorative pieces). After his death the next eldest brother Mohd. Meltan generates electricity using the metal it absorbs from outside sources. On 18 January, Whish's sappers exploded three mines under its walls, causing heavy losses and destroying large sections of its walls. Most of Meltan's body is made from liquid metal, and its shape is very fluid. This allowed Jundial Singh and other officers to influence Sher Singh and spread disaffection among his regiments.
He also had 150 pieces of artillery, many of which were heavy guns or mortars.
The death toll was 40 and the number of injured was close to 100. The appointment of Sher Singh alarmed many junior Political Agents, as his father, Chattar Singh Attariwalla, was apparently openly preparing to revolt in Hazara to the north of the Punjab. The 2004 Multan bombing was a car bombing that took place in Multan, Punjab, Pakistan on October 7, 2004. On 18 April, Vans Agnew and another officer, Lieutenant Anderson from the East India Company's Bombay Army, arrived outside Multan with a small escort of Gurkhas. In February, the Sikh force under Kharak Singh reached Multan and ordered Muzaffar to pay the large tribute he owed and to surrender the fort, but Muzaffar refused.
In 1845, although the population was almost half Muslim, it was ruled by a Hindu vassal, Dewan Mulraj. He nevertheless regarded himself as committed to rebellion by their actions. He presented Vans Agnew's head to Khan Singh and told him to take it back to Currie.
During the night, most of Vans Agnew's escort left. Mulraj attempted to forestall a complete annexation of Multan by abdicating in favour of his son. By January 1818, the Sikh Empire had established an extensive supply chain from the capital, Lahore, to Multan, with the use of boat transports to ferry supplies across the Jhelum, Chenab, and Ravi rivers. Army Public School is located at Warsak Road near the Peshawar Cantt, and is part of Army Public Schools and College Systems that runs 146 schools in Pakistan.
The Sikh forces won an engagement near the city but were unable to capture Muzaffar before he retreated into the fort. The Siege of Multan was a battle between a Vizier of the Durrani Empire and the Sikh Empire that started in March 1818 and ended on 2 June 1818. Azim Khan, governor of Kashmir, led the Barakzais as they rebelled and divided up the provinces of the empire between themselves. For Alauddin Khalji's conquest of Multan, see, Learn how and when to remove this template message, largest non-nuclear explosions in history, 9th Queen's Royal Light Dragoons (Lancers), https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Siege_of_Multan&oldid=972750184, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, "The Memoirs of Private Waterfield" ed Arthur Swinson (aka F M Bailey) & Donald Scott Cassell London 1968, This page was last edited on 13 August 2020, at 16:42. With the relatives of the deceased Fateh Khan engulfed in a power struggle with Mahmud Shah, no Durrani force would be able to relieve him. With the fall of Multan, Whish's army was able to reinforce the main Bengal Army force under Sir Hugh Gough. [5], While in power, however, Fateh Khan had installed twenty-one of his brothers in positions of power throughout the Durrani Empire. On 14 September, Sher Singh openly rebelled against the East India Company. Mulraj's forces were driven back into the city, and Whish's force set up batteries 500 yards from the city walls. In early June, Sadhu Singh and a small band of other Akalis attacked the fort walls and discovered a breach in the wall.
This left the East India Company's forces too weak to maintain the siege, and they were forced to retreat. However, on the previous occasions the Sikh forces would defeat the defending force and seize the city only to have the governor of Multan, Muzaffar Khan Sadozai, retreat into the Multan Fort. The attack happened around 4:30 am and was carried out against Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan members who gathered in thousands to mourn the death of their leader Azam Tariq. There was an uneasy peace for three years, during which Mulraj attempted to maintain practical independence while being nominally subject to the East India Company. Corporal John Ryder of the (European) Bombay Fusiliers later wrote of the city after the siege. During previous sieges the Sikhs had settled for large single payments of tribute, while the attack in 1810 resulted in Multan paying a yearly tribute. Mulraj nevertheless maintained his fire and sent a defiant message to Whish, stating that he still had enough powder to last a year. In early 1818, Ranjit Singh ordered the Sikh army to rendezvous on the south-west frontier of the Sikh Empire to make preparations for an expedition against Multan. Mountains of dead lay in every part of the town, and heaps of human ashes in every square, where the bodies had been burnt as they were killed. In early June, Edwardes began to lead an army against Multan.
Mulraj's treasury was worth three million pounds, a huge sum for the time. Meanwhile, Mulraj was reinforced by several other regiments of the Sikh Khalsa Army, the army of the Sikh empire, which rebelled or deserted. There was also much looting in the town, by both British and Indian soldiers. A despatch rider carried it to Currie in Lahore, while a second took a copy via a different route, across the Indus River. Muzaffar Khan already ruled the Durrani province of Multan independently of the descendants of Ahmad Shah Abdali, the rulers of Kabul. Under cover of their fire, breaching batteries were set up only 80 yards from the walls, and created two breaches in them while causing great damage in the city.
Incident. Currie nevertheless decided to impose a compliant Sikh ruler, Sardar Khan Singh, who was to be accompanied by a British Political Agent, Patrick Vans Agnew. (Some sources state that 80 guns were mounted in the citadel, though some of these may have been obsolete or decorative pieces). After his death the next eldest brother Mohd. Meltan generates electricity using the metal it absorbs from outside sources. On 18 January, Whish's sappers exploded three mines under its walls, causing heavy losses and destroying large sections of its walls. Most of Meltan's body is made from liquid metal, and its shape is very fluid. This allowed Jundial Singh and other officers to influence Sher Singh and spread disaffection among his regiments.
He also had 150 pieces of artillery, many of which were heavy guns or mortars.
The death toll was 40 and the number of injured was close to 100. The appointment of Sher Singh alarmed many junior Political Agents, as his father, Chattar Singh Attariwalla, was apparently openly preparing to revolt in Hazara to the north of the Punjab. The 2004 Multan bombing was a car bombing that took place in Multan, Punjab, Pakistan on October 7, 2004. On 18 April, Vans Agnew and another officer, Lieutenant Anderson from the East India Company's Bombay Army, arrived outside Multan with a small escort of Gurkhas. In February, the Sikh force under Kharak Singh reached Multan and ordered Muzaffar to pay the large tribute he owed and to surrender the fort, but Muzaffar refused.
In 1845, although the population was almost half Muslim, it was ruled by a Hindu vassal, Dewan Mulraj. He nevertheless regarded himself as committed to rebellion by their actions. He presented Vans Agnew's head to Khan Singh and told him to take it back to Currie.
During the night, most of Vans Agnew's escort left. Mulraj attempted to forestall a complete annexation of Multan by abdicating in favour of his son. By January 1818, the Sikh Empire had established an extensive supply chain from the capital, Lahore, to Multan, with the use of boat transports to ferry supplies across the Jhelum, Chenab, and Ravi rivers. Army Public School is located at Warsak Road near the Peshawar Cantt, and is part of Army Public Schools and College Systems that runs 146 schools in Pakistan.
The Sikh forces won an engagement near the city but were unable to capture Muzaffar before he retreated into the fort. The Siege of Multan was a battle between a Vizier of the Durrani Empire and the Sikh Empire that started in March 1818 and ended on 2 June 1818. Azim Khan, governor of Kashmir, led the Barakzais as they rebelled and divided up the provinces of the empire between themselves. For Alauddin Khalji's conquest of Multan, see, Learn how and when to remove this template message, largest non-nuclear explosions in history, 9th Queen's Royal Light Dragoons (Lancers), https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Siege_of_Multan&oldid=972750184, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, "The Memoirs of Private Waterfield" ed Arthur Swinson (aka F M Bailey) & Donald Scott Cassell London 1968, This page was last edited on 13 August 2020, at 16:42. With the relatives of the deceased Fateh Khan engulfed in a power struggle with Mahmud Shah, no Durrani force would be able to relieve him. With the fall of Multan, Whish's army was able to reinforce the main Bengal Army force under Sir Hugh Gough. [5], While in power, however, Fateh Khan had installed twenty-one of his brothers in positions of power throughout the Durrani Empire. On 14 September, Sher Singh openly rebelled against the East India Company. Mulraj's forces were driven back into the city, and Whish's force set up batteries 500 yards from the city walls. In early June, Sadhu Singh and a small band of other Akalis attacked the fort walls and discovered a breach in the wall.
Some were only half-consumed. In the attempt to take the city from its Durrani ruler, Dost Mohammad Khan's men robbed a princess of her jewels. The town swarmed with millions of flies.
The siege of Multan ended significant Afghan influence in the Peshawar region and led to multiple Sikh attempts at capturing and the final capture of Peshawar.
[5] The bomb, according to Interior Minister Aftab Khan Sherpao was remote-controlled and was placed inside of a Suzuki car. Multan had been captured and incorporated into the Sikh Empire of Ranjit Singh in 1818.
Van Cortlandt's artillery caused heavy losses among the Multani troops and Edwardes's Pashtuns counter-attacked. The attackers successfully scaled the breaches, and the battle became a bloody house-to-house fight in the city, in which many defenders and civilians were killed indiscriminately. On 30 December, the main magazine in the citadel exploded, killing 800 of the defenders. Mulraj offered to surrender if his life was spared, but Whish insisted on unconditional surrender, and on 22 January, Mulraj gave himself up, with 550 men. In Multan attacks of a most destructive nature began on the 5th March, the day on which the Muslim League had decided to unleash its offensive in the Punjab. Despite warnings, Currie nevertheless ordered a detachment from Chattar Singh's army under his second in command, Jundial Singh, to reinforce Sher Singh. The day of the attack a total of 1,099 students and staff were registered in the school. This may have been the sign for a concerted attack, as a mob surrounded and attacked them. harvnb error: multiple targets (2×): CITEREFChopra1928 (, sfn error: multiple targets (2×): CITEREFChopra1928 (, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Siege_of_Multan_(1818)&oldid=983160396, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 12 October 2020, at 16:16. On 27 December, Whish ordered four columns of troops to attack the suburbs. It can use its liquid arms and legs to corrode metal and absorb it into its own body. As the two officers began to ride out of the citadel, a soldier from Mulraj's army attacked Vans Agnew. [7] Rani Raj Kaur herself oversaw the steady supply of grain, horses, and ammunition being sent to the at Kot Kamalia, a town equally distanced between Multan and Lahore.[7]. Once Currie learned of this victory, he at last ordered a comparatively small force from the East India Company's Bengal Army under General Whish to begin the siege of Multan.
Mulraj was sentenced to death, but the sentence was later commuted to exile for life. (Under British law at the time, an "accessory after the fact" of a crime was liable to the same punishment as the criminal.)
This left the East India Company's forces too weak to maintain the siege, and they were forced to retreat. However, on the previous occasions the Sikh forces would defeat the defending force and seize the city only to have the governor of Multan, Muzaffar Khan Sadozai, retreat into the Multan Fort. The attack happened around 4:30 am and was carried out against Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan members who gathered in thousands to mourn the death of their leader Azam Tariq. There was an uneasy peace for three years, during which Mulraj attempted to maintain practical independence while being nominally subject to the East India Company. Corporal John Ryder of the (European) Bombay Fusiliers later wrote of the city after the siege. During previous sieges the Sikhs had settled for large single payments of tribute, while the attack in 1810 resulted in Multan paying a yearly tribute. Mulraj nevertheless maintained his fire and sent a defiant message to Whish, stating that he still had enough powder to last a year. In early 1818, Ranjit Singh ordered the Sikh army to rendezvous on the south-west frontier of the Sikh Empire to make preparations for an expedition against Multan. Mountains of dead lay in every part of the town, and heaps of human ashes in every square, where the bodies had been burnt as they were killed. In early June, Edwardes began to lead an army against Multan.
Mulraj's treasury was worth three million pounds, a huge sum for the time. Meanwhile, Mulraj was reinforced by several other regiments of the Sikh Khalsa Army, the army of the Sikh empire, which rebelled or deserted. There was also much looting in the town, by both British and Indian soldiers. A despatch rider carried it to Currie in Lahore, while a second took a copy via a different route, across the Indus River. Muzaffar Khan already ruled the Durrani province of Multan independently of the descendants of Ahmad Shah Abdali, the rulers of Kabul. Under cover of their fire, breaching batteries were set up only 80 yards from the walls, and created two breaches in them while causing great damage in the city.
Incident. Currie nevertheless decided to impose a compliant Sikh ruler, Sardar Khan Singh, who was to be accompanied by a British Political Agent, Patrick Vans Agnew. (Some sources state that 80 guns were mounted in the citadel, though some of these may have been obsolete or decorative pieces). After his death the next eldest brother Mohd. Meltan generates electricity using the metal it absorbs from outside sources. On 18 January, Whish's sappers exploded three mines under its walls, causing heavy losses and destroying large sections of its walls. Most of Meltan's body is made from liquid metal, and its shape is very fluid. This allowed Jundial Singh and other officers to influence Sher Singh and spread disaffection among his regiments.
He also had 150 pieces of artillery, many of which were heavy guns or mortars.
The death toll was 40 and the number of injured was close to 100. The appointment of Sher Singh alarmed many junior Political Agents, as his father, Chattar Singh Attariwalla, was apparently openly preparing to revolt in Hazara to the north of the Punjab. The 2004 Multan bombing was a car bombing that took place in Multan, Punjab, Pakistan on October 7, 2004. On 18 April, Vans Agnew and another officer, Lieutenant Anderson from the East India Company's Bombay Army, arrived outside Multan with a small escort of Gurkhas. In February, the Sikh force under Kharak Singh reached Multan and ordered Muzaffar to pay the large tribute he owed and to surrender the fort, but Muzaffar refused.
In 1845, although the population was almost half Muslim, it was ruled by a Hindu vassal, Dewan Mulraj. He nevertheless regarded himself as committed to rebellion by their actions. He presented Vans Agnew's head to Khan Singh and told him to take it back to Currie.
During the night, most of Vans Agnew's escort left. Mulraj attempted to forestall a complete annexation of Multan by abdicating in favour of his son. By January 1818, the Sikh Empire had established an extensive supply chain from the capital, Lahore, to Multan, with the use of boat transports to ferry supplies across the Jhelum, Chenab, and Ravi rivers. Army Public School is located at Warsak Road near the Peshawar Cantt, and is part of Army Public Schools and College Systems that runs 146 schools in Pakistan.
The Sikh forces won an engagement near the city but were unable to capture Muzaffar before he retreated into the fort. The Siege of Multan was a battle between a Vizier of the Durrani Empire and the Sikh Empire that started in March 1818 and ended on 2 June 1818. Azim Khan, governor of Kashmir, led the Barakzais as they rebelled and divided up the provinces of the empire between themselves. For Alauddin Khalji's conquest of Multan, see, Learn how and when to remove this template message, largest non-nuclear explosions in history, 9th Queen's Royal Light Dragoons (Lancers), https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Siege_of_Multan&oldid=972750184, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, "The Memoirs of Private Waterfield" ed Arthur Swinson (aka F M Bailey) & Donald Scott Cassell London 1968, This page was last edited on 13 August 2020, at 16:42. With the relatives of the deceased Fateh Khan engulfed in a power struggle with Mahmud Shah, no Durrani force would be able to relieve him. With the fall of Multan, Whish's army was able to reinforce the main Bengal Army force under Sir Hugh Gough. [5], While in power, however, Fateh Khan had installed twenty-one of his brothers in positions of power throughout the Durrani Empire. On 14 September, Sher Singh openly rebelled against the East India Company. Mulraj's forces were driven back into the city, and Whish's force set up batteries 500 yards from the city walls. In early June, Sadhu Singh and a small band of other Akalis attacked the fort walls and discovered a breach in the wall.