Editing Lahore (section)

=== Durrani invasions ===
The [[Durrani Empire|Durrani]] ruler [[Ahmad Shah Durrani|Ahmad Shah]] occupied Lahore [[Battle of Lahore (1748)|in 1748]].<ref name=bosworth/> Following Ahmed Shah Durrani's quick retreat, the Mughals entrusted Lahore to Mu’īn al-Mulk [[Mir Mannu]].<ref name=bosworth/> Ahmad Shah again invaded in 1751, forcing Mir Mannu into signing a treaty that nominally subjected Lahore to Durrani rule.<ref name=bosworth/> Lahore was third time conquered by Ahmad Shah [[Battle of Lahore (1752)|in 1752]]. The Mughal [[list of Mughal grand viziers|Grand Vizier]] Ghazi-Din Imad al-Mulk seized Lahore in 1756, provoking Ahmad Shah to invade for fourth time in 1757, after which he placed the city under the rule of his son, [[Timur Shah Durrani|Timur Shah]].<ref name=bosworth/>

Durrani rule was interrupted when Lahore was conquered by [[Adina Beg]] [[Arain]] with the assistance of Marathas in 1758 during their [[Maratha conquest of North-west India|campaigns against Afghans]].<ref name=K.RoyIHB>{{cite book | last=Roy |first=Kaushik |title=India's Historic Battles: From Alexander the Great to Kargil |year=2004 |publisher=Permanent Black, India |pages=80–1 |isbn=978-81-7824-109-8}}</ref> After Adina Beg's untimely death in 1758, however, [[Marathas]] temporarily occupied the city. The following year, the Durranis again marched into Lahore and conquered it.<ref>Mehta, J.L. (2005). Advanced study in the history of modern India 1707–1813. Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd. p. 260. {{ISBN|978-1-932705-54-6}}. Retrieved 23 September 2010.</ref> After the Durranis withdrew from the city in 1765, [[Sikh]] forces quickly occupied it.<ref name=bosworth/> By this time, the city had been ravaged several time and had lost all of its former grandeur. The Durranis invaded two more times—in 1797 and 1798—under [[Shah Zaman]], but the [[Sikhs]] re-occupied the city after both invasions as the Durranis were forced to attend to other problems on their western borders.<ref name=bosworth/>