ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>AKBAR KH&#256N MUHAMMAD (d. 1848)</TITLE> <style type="text/css"> .BODY { background-color: #EAF1F7; background-image: url('images/gtbh.jpg'); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-attachment: fixed; background-position: center; color: #0066CC;} .C1{text-align: justify;color: #0066CC;FONT-size: SMALL;FONT-family: Tahoma;} .BIB{text-align: center;color: #000099;FONT-size: SMALL;FONT-family: Tahoma;} .CONT{text-align: right;color: #FF0000;FONT-size: SMALL;FONT-family: Tahoma;} </style><META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="AKBAR"> <META http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></HEAD> <BODY class="BODY" oncontextmenu="return false" ondragstart="return false" onselectstart="return false"> <FONT ALIGN="JUSTIFY" FACE="Tahoma"> <p class="C1">&#65279AKBAR <u>KH</u>&#256N, MUHAMMAD (d. 1848), son of Dost Muhammad <u>Kh</u>&#257n, the ruler of Afghanistan. He was a fiery young man of great dash and daring. Like his father, he was keen to regain the Af<u>gh</u>&#257n possessions in India - Mult&#257n, Kashm&#299r, Attock and Pesh&#257war. In 1837, Dost Muhammad <u>Kh</u>&#257n declared a holy war against the Sikhs and attacked the fortress of Jamr&#363d at the entrance to the <u>Kh</u>aibar Pass. An attack led by Akbar <u>Kh</u>&#257n was repulsed, though the valiant Sikh general, Har&#299 Si&#7749gh Nalv&#257, was killed in the action. After the assassination of Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 Sher Si&#7749gh in September 1843, Akbar <u>Kh</u>&#257n's ambition to recover Pesh&#257war was revived. Early in 1844 he set up his camp at Jal&#257l&#257b&#257d and began to make preparations for an attack on Pesh&#257war, but failed to take possession of the city. He died in 1848.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> S&#363r&#299, Sohan L&#257l, <i>'Umd&#257t-ut-Tw&#257r&#299<u>kh</u></i>. Lahore, 1885-89.<BR> <li class="C1"> Gupta, Hari Ram, <i>Panjab on the Eve of First Sikh War</i>. Chandigarh, 1975<BR> <li class="C1"> Hasrat, Bikrama Jit, <i>Life and Times of Ranjit Si&#7749gh</i>. Hoshiarpur, 1977<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">Sard&#257r Si&#7749gh Bh&#257&#7789&#299&#257<br></p><BR> </font> <img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""> </HTML></BODY>