Dogra invasion of Baltistan
| Dogra invasion of Baltistan | |||||||||
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| Part of Dogra conquests | |||||||||
King Ahmad Shah of Skardu surrenders to Zorawar Singh, from a 1850 painting scroll | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Maqpon dynasty | |||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Zorawar Singh Mehta Basti Ram Mian Nidhan Singh † Wazir Lakhpat Rai |
Raja Ahmed Shah Prince Muhammad Ali (POW) Wazir Ghulam Hussain † Wazir Sultan Beg † | ||||||||
| Units involved | |||||||||
| Fateh Shibji Battalion | Unknown | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| 15,000 | Unknown | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| 4,850 dead | Unknown | ||||||||
The Dogra invasion of Baltistan was a military campaign led by Zorawar Singh Kalhuria, the Dogra Rajput commander of Gulab Singh of Jammu, against the Maqpon king Ahmad Shah in 1839/40. It resulted in the surrender of Ahmad Shah and annexation of Baltistan into the Dogra kingdom.