He was not persian/iranian, he was from afshar tribe of turks. He declared himself king of persia but was sunni. At the end only sunni soldiers, Afghans and uzbeks, stayed loyal to him, he was murdered by shia qizalbash and qajars.
After reading the article ,I felt quite comfortable with my own prejudice about all these Turks,Mughals,Afghans,Iranians,English,Marhattas or Sikh Robbers,murderers and land grabbers who used religion whenever it suited them.
I think this video will helpCan we get some unbiased history? Some say punjabi muslims supported Sikhs, others say Abdali came to save punjabi muslims from sikhs
It does not make much sense.
In a book, that i read long time ago, it was written that shahnawaz punished female servants (i have forgetton the reasons) by impaling their vaginas with hot burning iron. It seems he was sadistic individual, with screws loose. He must have killed pir sabir shah simply to infuriate abdali.
ShahNawaz seems psychotic. If his intention was to infuriate, then it had the desired effect. Abdali invaded India. A fierce battle took place near Lahore. Although Abdali's army was smaller but his army fought well against a better equipped Mughal army. The battle was indecisive until an Afghan from Kasur named Jumla Khan abandoned the Mughals with his entire army and joined his kinsmen under Abdali. This tilted the battle in favour of the Afghans. Shahnawaz and the entire Mughal army fled towards Delhi in fear and confusion. This seems to be a common trend among Pathans of that time period that they would not fight against their kinsmen. Jumla Khan was made governor of Lahore for his services.
