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'''Alif Khan''' was an officer in the Mughal army of [[Aurangzeb]]. He is mentioned in Guru Gobind Singh's, ''[[Bachitra Natak]]''. In 1691, he was dispatched by Mian Khan, the viceroy of Jammu, to Kangra to collect arrears of tribute from the Hindu hill chiefs. Raja Kirpal Chand Katoch of Kangra and Raja Dyal of Bijharval submitted their arrears of tribute to Alif Khan, but not Raja Bhim Chand of Kahlur. | |||
Bhim Chand enlisted the support of several of the chieftains against Alif Khan. He also requested and received the aid of Guru Gobind Singh in his attack on Alif Khan. The combined force reached Nadaun, on the bank of the River Beas, 32 km southeast of Kangra where Kirpal Chand Katoch and Raja Dyal sided with the Mughal general. | |||
The battle in which [[Guru Gobind Singh]] himself took part was fought on 20 March 1691. Guru Gobind Singh described the action in his, ''Bachitra Natak'' in vivid and rousing verse. | |||
Alif Khan fled in utter disarray "without being able to fold up his camp." | |||
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Revision as of 23:27, 10 December 2007
Alif Khan was an officer in the Mughal army of Aurangzeb. He is mentioned in Guru Gobind Singh's, Bachitra Natak. In 1691, he was dispatched by Mian Khan, the viceroy of Jammu, to Kangra to collect arrears of tribute from the Hindu hill chiefs. Raja Kirpal Chand Katoch of Kangra and Raja Dyal of Bijharval submitted their arrears of tribute to Alif Khan, but not Raja Bhim Chand of Kahlur.
Bhim Chand enlisted the support of several of the chieftains against Alif Khan. He also requested and received the aid of Guru Gobind Singh in his attack on Alif Khan. The combined force reached Nadaun, on the bank of the River Beas, 32 km southeast of Kangra where Kirpal Chand Katoch and Raja Dyal sided with the Mughal general.
The battle in which Guru Gobind Singh himself took part was fought on 20 March 1691. Guru Gobind Singh described the action in his, Bachitra Natak in vivid and rousing verse.
Alif Khan fled in utter disarray "without being able to fold up his camp."
References
1. Bachitra Natak.
2. Kuir Singh, Gurbilas Patshahi 10. PATIALA, 1968
3. Gian Singh, Giani, Twarikh Guru KHALSA [Reprint]. Patiala, 1970
4. MacaulifTe, Max Arthur, The SIKH Religion, Oxford, 1909
5. Harbans Singh, Guru Gobind Singh. Chandigarh, 1966
