Saved by the Sikhs, Adina gave them leave, early in December 1757, to pillage the entire Doab, including the city of Jullundur. Fired by prospects of loot and also by anger against Nassir Ali, a city resident accused of anti-Sikh excesses, the Sikh soldiers were merciless. ‘Children were put to the sword, women were dragged out and forcibly converted to Sikhism’ and carried off as wives. The town was burnt down. Mosques were defiled by pigs’ blood, and flesh was thrust into the mouth of Nassir Ali’s dead body, dug out of the grave.
