Sikh Misls
| Sikh Misl | ||||||||||||||
| ਸਿੱਖ ਮਿਸਲ | ||||||||||||||
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Anthem Deg Tegh Fateh |
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| Capital | Amritsar | |||||||||||||
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| Government | Aristocratic Republic | |||||||||||||
| Jathedar | ||||||||||||||
| • | 1716–1733 | Baba Darbara Singh, Chhajja Singh Dhillon | ||||||||||||
| • | 1733–1748 | Nawab Kapur Singh | ||||||||||||
| • | 1748–1783 | Sultan-ul-Quam Baba Jassa Singh Ahluwalia | ||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||
| • | Death of Baba Banda Singh Bahadur | 1716 | ||||||||||||
| • | Maharaja Ranjit Singh unites the misls into the Sikh Empire | 1799 | ||||||||||||
| Currency | Nanakshahi | |||||||||||||
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Misl generally refers to the sovereign states of the Sikh Confederacy that rose during the 18th century in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent.
The misls formed a commonwealth that was described by Antoine Polier as an "aristocratic republic".
Although the misls were unequal in strength, and each misl attempted to expand its territory and access to resources at the expense of others, they acted in unison in relation to other states.
The misls held meetings of their legislature, the Sarbat Khalsa in Amritsar.
In order to withstand the persecution of Shah Jahan and other Mughal rulers, several of the later Sikh Gurus established military forces and fought the Mughal Empire and Hindu hill chiefs in the early and middle Mughal-Sikh Wars.
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