This question is for Pakistani Punjabis in special, Pakistanis in general but comments of Indians are also welcomed as they are also relevant.
1-Abdali amd timur shah sent several armies to eastren punjab to crush turbulent sikhs who were terrorizing and harassing muslims there......sikhs didnt faced them , they used to retreat to hills whenever afghans came....in the absence of afghans soldiers, they used to descend from hills and began to terrorize the muslims again........Timur shah appointed ranjeet singh governor of lahore because he saw that he is sane and unusual sikh and could manage his turbulent sikh rebels.......Do you suppoert afghans in their attempts to crush sikhs?
2- Supply lines for afghan army in punjab from afghanistan were not possible so afghans used to spare muslims but used to forcibly snatch food and other supplies from hindus and sikhs after they refused to coopearte.....thats why historians called afghans religious bigots as they were discriminating on the basis of religion.....bulleh shah didnt distinguish between punjabis on the basis of religion, he was a sufi so he criticized afghans for their religious intolerance and looting hindus and sikhs....he was born in pathan colony of kasur, some where i read that he had strong dislike for kasuria pathans because they had no regards for sufism and were into warfares...... do you support bulleh shah stance?.....remember ranjeet singh also looted populations to maintain supply lines, but sikhs had policy of sparing hindus and looting muslims...opposite of afghans
3- Marahatas were making inroads into the punjab and were in position to conquer it.....Abdali decided to go into full scale war with marahatas because his territory of punjab was in danger.....Both marahats and afghans were outsiders for punjabis....if you were at that time, would you be cheering for non-muslim marahatas or muslim afghans?..........Abdali did the right thing by crushing marahatas or he made it easy for british to conquer india?........The greatest muslim scholar of that time shah waliullah sent letters of invitation to abdali, giving credibility and weight to his war......or for you shah waliullah has no credibility as he is respected figure only among deobandis and wahabis?
4- Allies of Durranis in India were Rohilla afghans who had settled in western U.P in the beginning of 1700s. Thier notable chiefs were hafiz rehmat khan, najib ul daula and dundy khan......Najib ud daula played most important role in panipat war..........rohillas were later defeated and destroyed by marahatas ,two ango-rohilla wars and by awadh.....in 1788 grandson of najib ud daula , ghulam qadir rohilla occupied delhi, looted it and stayed in mughal place.....he forced the females of mughal royalty to dance for him, made the shah alam to watch those dances and then blinded him.......marahatas came to "rescue" mughals, they killed ghulam qadir rohilla and helped shah alam to sit on throne again.......mughal dyansty is considered matter of pride for pakistanis and their history is considered pakistan's history, what do you feel about ghulam qadir rohilla and the role of marahats in rescuing shah alam?
Rohillas also fought against sikhs under syed ahmad shaheed and later against british in present day KPK, British called them hindotsnai fanatics.....they laid the foundation of deobandi school of thought and brought it to Pakhtun belt......
1-Abdali amd timur shah sent several armies to eastren punjab to crush turbulent sikhs who were terrorizing and harassing muslims there......sikhs didnt faced them , they used to retreat to hills whenever afghans came....in the absence of afghans soldiers, they used to descend from hills and began to terrorize the muslims again........Timur shah appointed ranjeet singh governor of lahore because he saw that he is sane and unusual sikh and could manage his turbulent sikh rebels.......Do you suppoert afghans in their attempts to crush sikhs?
2- Supply lines for afghan army in punjab from afghanistan were not possible so afghans used to spare muslims but used to forcibly snatch food and other supplies from hindus and sikhs after they refused to coopearte.....thats why historians called afghans religious bigots as they were discriminating on the basis of religion.....bulleh shah didnt distinguish between punjabis on the basis of religion, he was a sufi so he criticized afghans for their religious intolerance and looting hindus and sikhs....he was born in pathan colony of kasur, some where i read that he had strong dislike for kasuria pathans because they had no regards for sufism and were into warfares...... do you support bulleh shah stance?.....remember ranjeet singh also looted populations to maintain supply lines, but sikhs had policy of sparing hindus and looting muslims...opposite of afghans
3- Marahatas were making inroads into the punjab and were in position to conquer it.....Abdali decided to go into full scale war with marahatas because his territory of punjab was in danger.....Both marahats and afghans were outsiders for punjabis....if you were at that time, would you be cheering for non-muslim marahatas or muslim afghans?..........Abdali did the right thing by crushing marahatas or he made it easy for british to conquer india?........The greatest muslim scholar of that time shah waliullah sent letters of invitation to abdali, giving credibility and weight to his war......or for you shah waliullah has no credibility as he is respected figure only among deobandis and wahabis?
4- Allies of Durranis in India were Rohilla afghans who had settled in western U.P in the beginning of 1700s. Thier notable chiefs were hafiz rehmat khan, najib ul daula and dundy khan......Najib ud daula played most important role in panipat war..........rohillas were later defeated and destroyed by marahatas ,two ango-rohilla wars and by awadh.....in 1788 grandson of najib ud daula , ghulam qadir rohilla occupied delhi, looted it and stayed in mughal place.....he forced the females of mughal royalty to dance for him, made the shah alam to watch those dances and then blinded him.......marahatas came to "rescue" mughals, they killed ghulam qadir rohilla and helped shah alam to sit on throne again.......mughal dyansty is considered matter of pride for pakistanis and their history is considered pakistan's history, what do you feel about ghulam qadir rohilla and the role of marahats in rescuing shah alam?
Rohillas also fought against sikhs under syed ahmad shaheed and later against british in present day KPK, British called them hindotsnai fanatics.....they laid the foundation of deobandi school of thought and brought it to Pakhtun belt......
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