Qualla: Battle of Manupur https://qualla.com/battle-of-manupur en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:32 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/t/t/q/q/battle-of-manupur-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Battle of Manupur https://qualla.com/battle-of-manupur Battle of Manupur: Introduction https://qualla.com/battle-of-manupur/ Photo credit Hunhar, Public domain. On the morning of March 11, 1748, Mughal Vizier Qamar ud-Din knelt in prayer inside his command tent. A cannonball struck him in the waist. Afghan spies had measured the distance from a hilltop artillery piece to the vizier's position with lethal precision. His son, Moin ul-Mulk, concealed the death from the army and took command on the spot. What followed was one of the most chaotic and consequential battles in the twilight of Mughal India -- a day when an Afghan force of 12,000 nearly shattered an army five times its size, only to be undone by an accident no commander could have foreseen.

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]]> Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/t/t/q/q/battle-of-manupur-wp/ttqq-battle-of-manupur-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Battle of Manupur: The Road Through Lahore https://qualla.com/battle-of-manupur/ Photo credit Hunhar, Public domain. Ahmad Shah Durrani had founded his empire just a year earlier, in 1747, and he was already reaching for India. His commander-in-chief, Jahan Khan, swept through Jalalabad and Peshawar so quickly that the Mughal governor fled without a fight. Pashtun tribes -- the Yusufzai, Afridi...

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]]> Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/t/t/q/q/battle-of-manupur-wp/ttqq-battle-of-manupur-the-road-through-lahore.mp3 0:06 2 full Battle of Manupur: Twelve Thousand Against Sixty Thousand https://qualla.com/battle-of-manupur/ Photo credit Hunhar, Public domain. The numbers were staggering. Ahmad Shah had roughly 12,000 fighting men. The Mughals fielded between 60,000 and 70,000 combatants, with heavy artillery concentrated in their center. Recognizing he could not win a war of attrition, Ahmad Shah designed his battle around speed and d...

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]]> Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/t/t/q/q/battle-of-manupur-wp/ttqq-battle-of-manupur-twelve-thousand-against-sixty-thousand.mp3 0:06 3 full Battle of Manupur: The Rockets That Changed Everything https://qualla.com/battle-of-manupur/ Photo credit Hunhar, Public domain. With the Rajput flank gone, the Afghans plundered the Mughal baggage train and flanked Moin ul-Mulk's position. Defeat seemed certain for the Mughals. Then Safdar Jang, commanding the Mughal right, made his move. When Ahmad Shah sent 700 camel-mounted swivel guns to a hilltop abo...

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]]> Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/t/t/q/q/battle-of-manupur-wp/ttqq-battle-of-manupur-the-rockets-that-changed-everything.mp3 0:06 4 full Battle of Manupur: A Retreat Worth Studying https://qualla.com/battle-of-manupur/ Photo credit Hunhar, Public domain. Ahmad Shah Durrani had lost the battle, but he refused to lose his army. Rather than flee, he withdrew in disciplined order, arraying his men for battle and trading volleys of musket fire with the pursuing Mughals. He occupied a mud fortress between Manupur and Sirhind, using it ...

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]]> Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/t/t/q/q/battle-of-manupur-wp/ttqq-battle-of-manupur-a-retreat-worth-studying.mp3 0:06 5 full Battle of Manupur: Nine Invasions and a New Order https://qualla.com/battle-of-manupur/ Photo credit Hunhar, Public domain. The Mughal victory at Manupur proved hollow. Ahmad Shah returned to Afghanistan, crushed a revolt by his nephew in Kandahar, and launched his second invasion of India that November. Moin ul-Mulk was forced to cede all territories north of the Indus and pay nearly one and a half m...

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