Battle of Sarsa

Battle of Sarsa
	Part of Mughal-Sikh Wars and Hill States-Sikh Wars
	; Parivar Vichora gurdwara
Date	21 December 1704
Location	Near the River Sarsa
Result	Mughal victory [lower-alpha 1]
Belligerents
Khalsa (Sikhs)	Mughal Empire Alliance of Hill Rajas, including Kahlur
Commanders and leaders
Guru Gobind Singh; Bhai Jiwan Singh †; Bhai Udai Singh †; Bhai Mani Singh; Ajit Singh	Wazir Khan (Sirhind); Raja Ajmer Chand; General Khawaja Mohammed; General Nahar Khan; Governor Zabardast Khan
Strength
400-500[2][3]	200,000+[4]
Casualties and losses
	Sikh General Bhai Jiwan Singh was killed.[1]; Bhai Udai Singh was killed.;

The Battle of Sarsa was fought in 21 December 1704[5] between the Khalsa and the Mughal Empire.

Background and battle

Guru Gobind Singh's family got separated and Mani Singh, along with other Sikhs, took Mata Sundri and Mata Sahib Kaur to Delhi, whereas Gobind, the Panj Piare, Ajit Singh, Jujhar Singh and a handful of Sikh warriors went to Chamkaur for the last stand.

Even as Mughal General Wazir Khan promised Gobind safe passage after the siege of Anandpur, he still pursued the survivors. At Shahi Tibbi, Jiwan Singh was killed and the Sikhs were destroyed while crossing the Sarsa River, with Gobind's two younger sons being captured and later murdered. Gobind was defeated the next day at Chamkaur.[5]

Notes

"Despite promising Guru Gobind Singh safe passage after the siege of Anandpur, Mughal General Wazir Khan pursued the survivors. At Shahi Tibbi, Jiwan Singh was killed in a rear- guard action. The Sikhs were then destroyed while crossing the Sarsa, with the Guru’s two younger sons captured and later murdered. Gobind was defeated next day at Chamkaur (21 December 1704)."[1]

References

Jacques 2007, p. 914.
Gupta, Hari Ram (1939). History of the Sikhs, Volume 1.
Suraj Granth Rut 6 Chapter 32
Suraj Granth Rut 6 Chapter 31
Jaques, Tony (26 June 2015). "Dictionary of Battles and Sieges". friendfeed-media.com. Greenwood Press. p. 914. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 30 August 2022.

Sources

Jacques, Tony (2007). Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: A Guide to 8500 Battles from Antiquity Through the Twenty-first Century. Greenwood Press. ISBN 978-0-313-33536-5. Archived from the original on 2015-06-26.

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[2] "Despite promising Guru Gobind Singh safe passage after the siege of Anandpur, Mughal General Wazir Khan pursued the survivors. At Shahi Tibbi, Jiwan Singh was killed in a rear- guard action. The Sikhs were then destroyed while crossing the Sarsa, with the Guru’s two younger sons captured and later murdered. Gobind was defeated next day at Chamkaur (21 December 1704)."[1]

[FOOTNOTEJacques2007914-1] Jacques 2007, p. 914.

[3] Gupta, Hari Ram (1939). History of the Sikhs, Volume 1.

[4] Suraj Granth Rut 6 Chapter 32

[5] Suraj Granth Rut 6 Chapter 31

[:0-6] Jaques, Tony (26 June 2015). "Dictionary of Battles and Sieges". friendfeed-media.com. Greenwood Press. p. 914. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 30 August 2022.