Sikh Confederacy
Sikh Confederacy Sikh Misalā | |||||||||||||
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| 1748–1799 | |||||||||||||
Seal of the Khalsa (1759)
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| Motto: ਅਕਾਲ ਸਹਾਇ Akāl Sahāi "With God's Grace" | |||||||||||||
| Anthem: ਦੇਗ ਤੇਗ਼ ਫ਼ਤਹਿ Dēg Tēg Fateh "Victory to Charity and Arms" | |||||||||||||
Map of the Sikh Confederacy | |||||||||||||
| Status | Confederation | ||||||||||||
| Capital | Amritsar | ||||||||||||
| Language | Punjabi | ||||||||||||
| Religion | Sikhism (official) Islam Hinduism | ||||||||||||
| Government | Aristocratic republic | ||||||||||||
| Jathedar | |||||||||||||
• 1748–1753 | Nawab Kapur Singh | ||||||||||||
• 1753–1783 | Jassa Singh Ahluwalia | ||||||||||||
• 1783–1799 | Naina Singh | ||||||||||||
| Legislature | Sarbat Khalsa | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
• Passing of Gurmata to establish the Sikh Confederacy | 29 March 1748 | ||||||||||||
• Ranjit Singh unites the Sikh Confederacy into the Sikh Empire | 7 July 1799 | ||||||||||||
| Currency | Gobindshahi sikka (1761–1777) Nanakshahi sikka (1777–1799) | ||||||||||||
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| Today part of | India Pakistan | ||||||||||||
The Sikh Confederacy was a confederation of twelve sovereign Sikh states (each known as a Misl, derived from the Arabic word مِثْل meaning 'equal'; sometimes spelt as Misal) which rose during the 18th century in the Punjab region in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent.