The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c20.129

v4.c20.129

Desultory fighting with the Sikhs continued for some years after. Sirhind was reoccupied by the imperialists in January, 1711. In March Banda descended from the hills and raised fresh disturbances in the north Punjab plains. Shams Khān, on his way to Kasūr, was attacked and slain by an overwhelming force of Sikhs under the Gurū himself. The Bārī Dūāb fell an easy prey to the Sikhs, many inhabitants having fled in terror, and even the Rechnā Dūāb was devastated. But in June the Gurū was defeated and driven into the hills of Jammū near Pasrūr by Muhammad Amīn Khān and Rustam-dil Khān. Quarrels between these two generals led to the pursuit being abandoned and the operations slackened. Later, on the death of Bahādur Shāh (27 February, 1712), Banda took advantage of the war of succession to recover Sadhaurā and restore the fortifications of Lohgarh, so that all the work of Bahādur Shāh was undone. The siege of Sadhaurā in the reign of Jahāndār Shāh was abandoned after a few months (December, 1712).