Zain Khan Sirhindi
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Zain-ud-Din Khan known as Zain Khan Sirhindi (died 14 January 1764) was the Mughal Faujdar of Sirhind, a serviceman of Shah Alam II, and an ally of Najib-ud-Daula and Ahmad Shah Durrani. Zain Khan Sirhindi fought during the Third Battle of Panipat and strengthened Mughal rule in the region.
Zain Khan was sipahsalar and a great noble at the court of Ahmed Shah Durrani. After the conquest of Delhi by Durrani, he held the subahdarship of Sirhind[1].
Zain Khan however soon grew notorious for plundering villages within his own territory as well as refusing to pay his own soldiers. Tahmas Khan was disgusted by Zain Khan's actions and he soon left his services and predicted that Zain Khan along with the city of Sirhind would fall.[2]
Zain Khan supported the Durranis and participated in the Vadda Ghallughara genocide of Sikhs that occurred on 5 February 1762.[3]
In January 1764, Ahmad Shah Durrani led his sixth expedition to assist Sadat Yar Khan of Doab and Zain Khan Sirhindi and his Mughal Army which was later overrun outside Sirhind, by 36,000 Sikh rebels led by Jassa Singh Ahluwalia, who plundered Lahore and the upper Doab.[4][5]
Death
Zain Khan Sirhindi was defeated and killed by the Sikhs in the Battle of Sirhind (1764).[6][7]
