Battle of Patti

Qasim Khan who was lovingly called by the Mughlani Begum as her son, was provided with some pieces of cannon, 300 jizairchis, who were Badakhshanis just arrived in the Punjab to seek their fortune, 100 Turki cavalry, a few thousand horse and foot, and several thousand rupees in cash.[2] Once Qasim Khan appointed his brother Alim Beg Khan to lead a raiding party of one thousand horse and foot, against the chief village of the Sikhs where they had gathered.[3][4] Qasim had been worsted in a chance to fight when his brothers fought against the Sikhs in which 300 soldiers of his were killed.[5] Upon learning this, Qasim marched to the battlefield.

Qasim was accompanied by 2 horsemen that joined him at a distance of 6 km. He saw that men were running from the field. After proceeding further, he was surprised to see just 3 Sikh horsemen driving away the Mughal forces.[2][1][3][6] He followed the three Sikhs for around 3 km, finding a large number of dead bodies.[7] Qasim Khan was rushed to safety by a tribesmen named Muhammad Aqil.[2][3]

After a few days, Qasim marched back without achieving any objective and suffering extreme hardships. He halted at the Ravi.[1] He had recruited 8,000 Sikhs soldiers with friendly negotiations and planned to seize Lahore.[2]

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