Editing Peshawar (section)

==== Maratha Empire ====
The Capture of Peshawar took place in spring of 1758<ref>{{cite book |title=Conflict and Conquest in the Islamic World: A Historical Encyclopedia [2 Volumes] |author= Alexander Mikaberidze |date= 22 July 2011 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jBBYD2J2oE4C |page= 43 |publisher= Abc-Clio |isbn= 9781598843378 |quote=The Marathas, assisted by Sikhs, defeated the Afghans and captured Attock, Peshwar and Multan in the spring of 1758}}</ref><ref name="isbn9789382573494">{{cite book|url=https://www.google.com/books?id=ngCqCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA37 <!-- -->|page=37|title=Chhatrapati Shivaji: The Maratha Warrior and His Campaign |isbn=9789382573494 |last1=Sorokhaibam |first1=Jeneet |date=January 2013 |publisher=Vij Books India Pvt }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Black |first=Jeremy |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zcEcBQAAQBAJ&q=Attock+and+peshwar&pg=PA82 |title=War in the Eighteenth-Century World |date=7 December 2012 |publisher=Macmillan International Higher Education |isbn=978-0-230-37000-5 |language=en }}{{Dead link|date=February 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> when [[Maratha Confederacy]] in alliance with the [[Sikhs]], defeated the [[Durrani Empire]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TmU9AAAAMAAJ |page=94 |title=Marathas and Panipat |last1=Gupta |first1=Hari Ram |year=1961 }}</ref><ref name="mehta">{{Cite book|last=Mehta|first=Jaswant Lal|title=Advanced Study in the History of Modern India 1707–1813|publisher=New Dawn Press, Incorporated|year=2005|isbn=978-1-932705-54-6|pages=236, 256, 260}} "The province of Multan and northwest frontier were also overrun by Marathas and the forts of Peshawar and Attock were garrisoned by their troops"</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Pletcher|first=Kenneth|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VsujRFvaHI8C&pg=PA198|title=The History of India|publisher=Britannica Educational Pub.|year=2010|isbn=978-1-61530-122-5|pages=198}}</ref> Before that, the fort of Peshawar was being guarded by Durrani troops under [[Timur Shah Durrani]] and Jahan Khan. When [[Raghunathrao]], [[Malhar Rao Holkar]] and Sikh alliance of [[Charat Singh]] and [[Jassa Singh Ahluwalia]] left Peshawar, [[Tukoji Rao Holkar]] was appointed as the representative in this area of the sub-continent.<ref name="ReferenceA">Third Battle of Panipat by Abhas Verma {{ISBN|9788180903397}} Bharatiya Kala Prakashan</ref><ref name="mehta" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Sharma |first=S. R. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4j_VLlGqVSoC&q=extended+their+sway+upto+Multan&pg=PA763 |title=Mughal Empire in India: A Systematic Study Including Source Material |date=1999 |publisher=Atlantic Publishers & Dist |isbn=978-81-7156-817-8 |language=en}}</ref>