Battle of Balakot
The Battle of Balakot was fought between Maharaja Ranjit Singh and Syed Ahmad Barelvi in 1831. In the battle, he was killed, along with hundreds of his troops and followers, by the Sikh army in Balakot, Mansehra District in 1831. He declared "Jihad" against Sikhs and established camps in Balakot. Syed Barelvi along with 800 tribesmen attacked the Sikhs at dawn. All 800 of the tribesmen including Syed and Shah Ismail were killed. This battle was seen as a huge loss for the Afghans as this meant that their route to Kashmir had been cut and now at the hands of the Sikhs. During the battle, Syed Ahmad Barelvi was beheaded by Sikh soldiers.[5][6][7]
References
- eBook in Urdu language on Shah Ismail Shaheed with introduction by Abu Ala Maududi, Published 1 October 1943 by Qaumi Kutub Khana, Lahore
- Taqwiyat-ul-Iman (Strengthening of the Faith) an eBook translated in English and originally written by Shah Ismail Dehlvi on islamhouse.com website
- Profile of Dehlvi on books.google.com website Retrieved 16 August 2018
- Past present: The intolerant invaders Dawn (newspaper), Published 12 June 2013, Retrieved 16 August 2018
- Ahmad, M. (1975). Saiyid Ahmad Shahid: His Life and Mission (No. 93). Lucknow: Academy of Islamic Research and Publications. Page 27.
- Adamec, Ludwig W. (2009), Historical Dictionary of Islam, Scarecrow Press, ISBN 978-0-8108-6303-3
- Jalal, Ayesha (2009), "The Martyrs of Balakot", Partisans of Allah: Jihad in South Asia, Harvard University Press, pp. 58–113, ISBN 978-0-674-03907-0
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