Rebellion of Azad Khan
| Rebellion of Azad Khan | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Durrani Empire |
Azad Khan of Kashmir Supported by: Sikh Confederacy | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Timur Shah Durrani Payandah Khan Mir Muhammad Ali Khan Murtaza Khan Zaman Khan Madad Khan Durrani |
Azad Khan Pahlawan Khan Mulla A‘zam Khan † | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 30,000 (In the later stages) | 3,000 Sikh and Kashmiri levies | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Several sardars and soldiers killed or captured in early defeats | 2,000 drowned/killed at Muzaffarabad; further losses in later battles | ||||||
The Rebellion of Azad Khan (1783–1786) was an armed uprising in Kashmir led by Azad Khan, youngest son of Hajji Karimdad Khan, against the authority of Timur Shah Durrani. It escalated from a fiscal and administrative dispute into a full-scale regional war that forced Timur Shah to intervene personally. The revolt saw repeated reversals Azad Khan first smashed two Durrani armies, but was eventually cornered in Poonch and died by suicide shortly before capture.