At a glance
- Era
- The Gunpowder Empires
- Region
- South Asia
- Review
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In time
In space
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Overview
In 1752 Ahmad Shah Durrani forced the feeble Mughal emperor to cede to him the subas of Lahore and Multan 1.
The Sikh wars
The following decades were dominated by warfare with the Sikhs, which culminated in Ranjit Singh's conquest of the city in 1818 1.
From Durrani to British
Sikh rule stayed firm until Ranjit Singh's death in 1839; the British then occupied the city in 1848 and annexed it with the rest of the province 1.
Connections
- Occurred at
- Multan
- Had participant
- Ahmad Shah Durrani
People and things also explored
Ahmad Shah Durrani occupies Lahore, Muharram 1161/January 1748· The Arghuns take Multan into the Mughal orbit, 1526· The British take Multan, 1848-1849· Mu'izz al-Din wrests Multan from the Qarmatians· Iltutmish takes Multan from Qabacha, 625· The Langah sultanate rises at Multan, 1437· Mahmud of Ghazna's Multan campaigns, 396 and 401· The Mongol raids on the Multan marches
Sources
- Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition (Leiden: Brill, 1954–2008), 13 volumes , vol. 7 p. 603
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “The Mughals cede Lahore and Multan to Ahmad Shah Durrani, 1752”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/durrani-multan-1752/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-01.