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The '''Shaheedan''' [[Misl]], was one of twelve [[Misl|Sikh Misls]] that later became the [[Sikh Empire]]. It held a small amount of territory in the [[Malwa (Punjab)]] area around the [[Takht Sri Damdama Sahib|Damdama Sahib]] before being incorporated into the [[Sikh Empire]] of the [[Sukerchakia Misl]] by [[Ranjit Singh]].

In 1748, [[Baba Deep Singh]] was appointed the leader of the Shaheedan Misl and the [[Mahant]] of the [[Takht Sri Damdama Sahib]]. In 1757, [[Ahmad Shah Abdali]] invaded [[India]] and sent an army to the [[Harmindar Sahib]] to block [[Sikhs]] from entering the [[Gurdwara]]. [[Baba Deep Singh]] and a company of men who rode with him to free the gurdwara were killed in an action against the [[Durrani Empire|Durrani Army]]. His successor, Suddha Singh, later led the misl into a skirmish against the [[Afghanistan|Afghan]] government of Jalandhar City The first two leaders of the misl were considered [[Shaheeds]], or  [[martyr]]s, by their contemporaries so the misl became known as, Shaheedan, or the followers of the martyrs. Karm Singh, the next leader of the misl, expanded the territory of the misl by annexing several nearby towns to his control. The misl was annexed by the [[Sikh Empire]] at some point in the early 19th century and became a part of the [[Sikh Empire]]. The [[Nihang]] order of [[Sikhs]] maintains the traditions of this [[misl]].