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The Gakhars of the Salt Range, the Chatthas of Wazirabad, the Sials of Jhang, the Manj Rajputs of Lakhi Jungle, and other Ranghar communities in eastern Punjab and Haryana all faced the Sikhs in one era or another Afghans, despite having a functioning and organized state, fled to the Lahore Durbar for grants and refuge. The descendants of Ahmed Shah Durrani and a branch of the Barakzais (brother to the Emir of Afg) accepted jagir grants from Ranjit Singh, referred to him as “Maharaja Sahib Bahadur” and took refuge at his court So the notion that the much less organized Muslim zamindars of Punjab were somehow expected to perpetually resist where elements of the Afghan “royal houses” were bending the knee is simply another poor argument from you, though your earlier takes gave no reason to expect better