the armed struggle) commenced on the 20th of Jumada-al-ula...

the armed struggle) commenced on the 20th of Jumada-al-ula 1242 H (20th December 1826 G). The following is a brief account of his most specific and salient accomplishments: It is only due to his efforts that the people of the frontier region gave the pledge of allegiance on the hands of Saiyid Sahib concerning Jihad. Most of the deliberations which were conducted with the religious scholars and the elderly in the frontier region were initiated by Shah Shaheed.

He is the one who organized the matters concerning Jihad in the district of Hazara. Even though he had only ten or eleven Mujahidin in the battle of Shankiyari at his command, yet he convincingly vanquished over a fairly huge legion of Sikh army by displaying a feat of extraordinary perseverance and steadfastness. During the course of this battle, Shah Shaheed's robe got perforated with bullets and one of his fingers got bruised by a gunshot.

Later he would point to his finger in a good humor and jocularly remark (by playing a pun on words) "This is my finger of martyrdom." (This very expression, with a twist of the linguistic pun, would also mean, "This is my finger of witnessing that there is no one worthy of being worshipped except Allah and Muhammad{Peace be upon Him}) It is only due to his efforts that the people were prepared to take an oath of allegiance in regard to the observance of Shari'ah in their day-to-day lives and the people of the frontier region enjoyed the blessings and bounties of a government based on the principles of Islamic law.

It was under his leadership that the prominent victories were achieved in the battles of Amb, Ashrah, Mardan and Mayar. After the conquest of Peshawar, Saiyid Sahib nominated none other than him to conduct negotiations with Sultan Muhammad Khan Barak Zai.

Due to the recalcitrance of the opportunistic elements in the frontier region, the circumstances therein got extremely deteriorated and threateningly adverse and when Saiyid Sahib took a decision to abandon this centre and proceeded to Kashmir through the intractable and difficult route traversing and winding through the mountainous landscape, he was also accompanied by Shah Shaheed in this journey.

During their journey to Kashmir, a battle at Balakot on 24th Dhil-Qa'dah 1246 H (6th May 1831 G) took place wherein Saiyid Sahib, Shah Shaheed and the majority of Mujdhidin attained their martyrdom.