page_title: History of Sirhind
section_title: Under The Mughal Empire
hierarchical_section_title: History of Sirhind / Under The Mughal Empire
caption_attribution_description: English: Mausoleum of sixteenth century Muslim saint Ahmad Sirhindi popularly known as Mujadid Alif Sani in Sirhind, Punjab
context_page_description: Sirhind is the older name of Fatehgarh Sahib. It is situated on the Delhi to Lahore Highway. It has a population of about 60,851
  . It is now a district headquarters in the state of Punjab; the name of the district is Fatehgarh Sahib.
context_section_description: On 22 June 1555, Humayun decisively defeated Sikandar Shah Suri at the  Battle of Sirhind and reestablished the Mughal empire. The city reached the zenith of its glory under the Mughal Empire in the seventeenth century. This city was a home of sixteenth-century saint Ahmad Sirhindi, popularly known as Mujadid Alif Sani which means 'Revivor of the Faith in the Second Millennium'. The mausoleum of this saint is still there. Under Akbar it had turned the highest yielding sarkar. Under Sirhind sarkar there were 28 parganas. Due to its prosperity during the Mughal Empire it was known as Sirhind Bāvani which means Sirhind Fifty-two because it yielded a revenue of 52 lakh Rs, i.e. 5 million 200 thousand Rs per year. Emperor Shah Jahan built a famous garden known as Aam khas Bagh.
  Baba Banda Singh Bahadur and his Sikh army in 1710 destroyed the city of Sirhind completely and Wazir Khan the governor, was killed in the Battle of Chappar Chiri. Sikhs occupied Sirhind and made Bhai Baj Singh the governor.
caption: Mausoleun of Ahmad Sirhindi
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