The Bhangi Misl take Multan, and then lose it after ruling for eight years.

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 The Bhangi Sardars including Lehna Singh and Jhanda Singh took Multan in 1772, and their first act was to ask to see the temple at Prahlad (demolished after riots following Babri Masjid in Ayodhya).


They were to hold Multan for eight years before early in January 1780, Timur Shah laid the siege to the town of Multan. Just at that, time Gujjar Singh Bhangi and Lehna Singh Bhangi along with the other Sikh Sardars at the head of 15,000 horsemen arrived with reinforcement to the help of Diwan Singh Chhachowalia.


A severe battle was fought at Shujabad between the forces of Timur Shah (Ahmad Shah Durrani’s son and successor) and the Bhangi Sardars, with the Sikhs losing after taking 2,000 casualties…with the Sikhs retreating to Lahore. Timur Shah sent a force of 20,000 strong soldiers after them which overtook the Sikhs at Hujramuqim Khan where the Sikhs were again defeated before they returned to Lahore.


Timur Shah then occupied Multan taking over from the Bhangi Misl in 1780…this was later retaken by the forces of Maharaja Ranjit Singh of the Lahore Darbar in 1818.


(Note that Multan was important to the Afghan Sadozai Sardars being the birthplace of Ahmad Shah Durrani, I believe).


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