The Battle of Nowshera, also called the Battle of Tihri, Battle of Naushahra, or Battle of Pir Sabaq, was fought in March 1823 near Nowshera between the forces of Ranjit Singh and Afghan-Pashtun forces led by Mohammad Azim Khan, then a leading Barakzai figure in Afghan politics. The battle followed Sikh expansion across the Indus River, the temporary Sikh occupation of Peshawar in 1818, and the submission of Yar Muhammad Khan of Peshawar to the Lahore Darbar.
The Battle of Nowshera, also called the Battle of Tihri, Battle of Naushahra, or Battle of Pir Sabaq, was fought in March 1823 near Nowshera between the forces of Ranjit Singh and Afghan-Pashtun forces led by Mohammad Azim Khan, then a leading Barakzai figure in Afghan politics. The battle followed Sikh expansion across the Indus River, the temporary Sikh occupation of Peshawar in 1818, and the submission of Yar Muhammad Khan of Peshawar to the Lahore Darbar.
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