Editing Sialkot (section)

==== Post-Mughal ====
Following the decline of the Mughal empire after the death of Emperor Aurangzeb in 1707, Sialkot and its outlying districts were left undefended and forced to defend itself. In 1739, the city was captured by [[Nader Shah]] of Persia during [[Nader Shah's invasion of the Mughal Empire|his invasion of the Mughal Empire]].<ref name=":10">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RzBAAQAAMAAJ&q=sialkot&pg=PA92|title=History of the Panjáb from the Remotest Antiquity to the Present Time|last=bahādur.)|first=Muḥammad Laṭīf (Saiyid, khān|date=1891|publisher=Calcutta Central Press Company, limited}}</ref> The city was placed under the governorship of [[Zakariya Khan Bahadur|Zakariya Khan]], the Mughal Viceroy of Lahore, who in return for the city promised to pay tribute to the [[Afsharid dynasty|Persian crown]].<ref name=":10" /> After that [[Nader Shah]] went to [[India]] where in [[Karnal]], Rao Bal Kishan fought against him with their 5000 soldiers who hails from [[Ahirwal]] on 24, Feb 1739 . Seen this [[Nader Shah]] shocked but impressed by Rao Bal Kishan fighting skills. Lastly when Nadirshah reached Delhi he told Muhammad Shah about Rao Bal Kishan<ref>{{Cite book |last=Fox |first=Richard Gabriel |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CAXULggU0QMC&q=rao+balkishan |title=Realm and Region in Traditional India |date=1977 |publisher=Duke University, Program in Comparative Studies on Southern Asia |isbn=978-0-916994-12-9 |language=en}}</ref> Bravery, on which [[Muhammad Shah]] ordered to make a "Chhatri" to honour Rao Bal Kishan at Karnal which still can be found.[https://books.google.com/books?id=p69GMA226bgC&dq=rao+balkishan+singh&pg=PA50]
In the wake of the Persian invasion, Sialkot fell under the control of Pashtun powerful families from [[Multan]] and [[Afghanistan]] – the [[Kakayzai]]s and [[Sherwani (Pashtun tribe)|Sherwani]]s.<ref name=":14">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rCMKAQAAIAAJ&q=sialkot+%22shah+jahan%22&pg=PA328|title=Imperial Gazetteer of India ...|last1=Cotton|first1=James Sutherland|last2=Burn|first2=Sir Richard|last3=Meyer|first3=Sir William Stevenson|date=1908|publisher=Clarendon Press}}</ref> Sialkot was crept upon by Ranjit Deo of [[Jammu]], who pledged nominal allegiance to the Mughal crown in Delhi.<ref name=":14" /> Ranjit Deo did not conquer Sialkot city from the Pashtun families which held the city, but switched allegiance to the Pashtun ruler [[Ahmed Shah Durrani]] in 1748,<ref name=":14" /> effectively ending Mughal influence in Sialkot. The city and three nearby districts were amalgamated into the [[Durrani Empire]].<ref name=":6" />