[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937) › v4.c19.59 # The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c19.59 The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c19.59 - **Language:** English ### [v4.c19.59](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937.v4.c19.59) In 1672 the tactless action of the commandant of Jalālābād caused another explosion among the Khyber clans. The Afrīdīs rose under their chieftain Akmal Khān, a born general, who crowned himself king and proclaimed a holy war against the Mughuls, summoning all the Pathāns to join the national movement. Muhammad Amīn Khān, now governor of Afghānistān, was enveloped and attacked by the Afrīdīs at 'Alī Masjid (1 May) and cut off from his water supply. Disorder seized the Mughul army; horses, elephants and men became mixed together in confusion. Then the Afghāns charged down the hillside, completing the ruin of the imperialists. Muhammad Amīn and some of his higher officers escaped, but everything else was lost: ten thousand men were slain, the entire camp property, valued at twenty million rupees, was plundered, and 20,000 men and women (including the viceroy's mother, wife and daughter) were dragged into captivity. This signal success lured more recruits to Akmal's banners, and the rising rapidly spread through the entire Pathān land “from Attock to Qandahār”. Khūsh-hāl Khān, the poet and hero of the Khattak clan, now joining Akmal, became the leading spirit of the national rising and inspired the tribesmen with his pen and sword alike. - [Previous: v4.c19.58](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937.v4.c19.58) - [Next: v4.c19.60](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937.v4.c19.60) - [Up: v4.c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937.v4.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937.v4.c19.59](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937.v4.c19.59) · Pramāṇa