Stratagem of Peshawar

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The Stratagem of Peshawar was a campaign of the Durrani empire led by Azim Khan Barakzai against the Nawab of Amb, Mir Nawab Khan Tanoli.^[1][2] Azim Khan who was the half-brother of Dost Muhammad Khan, the King of Afghanistan.^[3][4]

Territory
Part of Conflict of Barakzai and Nawab of Amb
Date 13 October 1818 Location Peshawar near Jamrud Fort[5] Result Durrani (Barakzai) victory[6][7]
Belligerents
Durrani Empire	Nawab of Amb
Commanders and leaders
Azim Khan Barakzai	Mir Nawab Khan Tanoli †
Strength
40,000-45,000 [6]	1200-1500 [6]
Casualties and losses
800 people killed around 200 people serious injured.	Mir Nawab Khan Tanoli was Killed [7] around800-1000 people killed and other serious injured

Azim Khan invited Mir Nawab to settle the dispute between Amb and Durrani, but Azim Khan was actually readying for a battle there. When Mir Nawab and his few soldiers reached Jamrud, Azim Khan attacked Mir Nawab's army by encircling their army. The army of Mir Nawab was at a positional disadvantage on the battlefield against the guns and cannon of Azim Khan Barakzai.

As result, Mir Nawab Khan Tanoli was killed, resulting in a major loss to the Kingdom of Amb, which was already greatly embattled against the Sikh Empire. The Nawab of Amb lost their territory and was wiped out.^[8]

The main reason for the war was a tax dispute that arose when Azim Khan's mother was traveling to Kashmir via Tanwal.