The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c19.62

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In the spring of 1675, Fidāi Khān in coming back from Kābul was attacked at Jagdalik; his van was defeated and its baggage carried off by the enemy, but his courage and steadiness saved the rest of the army, while reinforcements under Uighur Khān turned the check into a victory. But in June next Mukarram Khān while operating near Khāpūsh in the Bājaur country was lured into an ambush and repulsed with heavy losses. At the end of August there were two local reverses; the *thānadār* of Jagdalik was slain and that of Barangāb and Surkhāb was driven out of his post with severe loss of men. But all the Mughul positions in Afghānistān were strengthened, and by December, 1675, the situation had sufficiently improved to enable the emperor to leave the Punjab for Delhi.