Sikh and Aurucolian War

Sikh and Aurucolian War
Part of the Sandoric Wars
Sikh and Lucian troops fighting at the Battle of Malkandhar, 1817
Date 5 May 1803 – 8 August 1824 (21 years, 3 months and 3 days) Location Indiaen Subcontinent, Arabian Sea, Indiaen Ocean Result Lucian victory Sikh Empire cedes the Sindh, Bahawalpur, Cis-Sutlej and Shaheedan states to the Lucians Aurucolia cedes Indiaen colonies to the Lucis Empire Dissolution of the Aurucolian East Indiae Company
Belligerents
Lucis East Indiae Company Mughal Empire	Sikh Empire Sandoric Aurucolia Aurucolian East Indiae Company
Commanders and leaders
	Mohandyal Singh Bakhtawer Wahandi Harzadan Faqartadari Amanjeevan Jaun Singh Brijender Chhaner Singh † Csanád Hetényi Božidar Živanović Sandor I Flórián Székely de Kisbátor Martin Dobos Zsombor Juhász † Wim van den Kerkdijk

The Sikh and Aurucolian War (Magyari: Szikh és Aurukoliai Háború) was a military conflict that pitted the Lucis East Indiae Company and its allies against the Sikh Empire and the Aurucolian East Indiae Company. Fought from 5 May 1803 to 8 August 1824, the conflict formed a theater of the Sandoric Wars and spanned from the banks of the Indus River to the Himalaeyas.

Background

The Aurucolians and Sikhs had been in contact with each other since the early 18th century. At this time, the Mughals were attacking Aurucolian colonies and trading posts and persecuting Sikhs. When the Sikh Empire was established in 1782, the Aurucolians supported their independence through commercial pacts, and military arms and advisors via the Aurucolian East Indiae Company. Support ended in 1788 when Domonkos III ascended the Aurucolian throne, and focused more on maintaining internal affairs and mitigating the economy from bad harvests and a financial crisis. Under Sandor I, diplomacy was restored as the Emperor sent emissaries to solidify friendly relations again.

As the Lucians were gaining more influence and territory in Indiae and with Aurucolia being, the Sikhs and Aurucolians signed the Amritsar Pact, a defensive alliance to expel the Lucians from the subcontinent, and dismantle Mughal rule. The pact was assented immediately by Sandor, following his intentions to subvert Lucian global power. Once these goals were achieved, the Pact guaranteed that the Sikhs would retain control over northern Indiae and western Afghania and the Aurucolians southern Indiae. Both would retain their respective vassals.

Course of the war

Punjab and Indus

Sikh infantry countering Lucian cavalry at the Battle of Narkaner, 1821

Aftermath

The Sikh Empire would continue to exist until its demise in 1849.