Afghan–Sikh conflicts

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The Afghan–Sikh conflicts were a series of 18th- and 19th-century military and political struggles between Sikh forces and Afghan rulers over control of Punjab and surrounding regions in northwestern South Asia.

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All labels observed (10)

Label	Occurrences
Afghan invasions of Punjab	5
Afghan–Sikh Wars	2
Sikh–Afghan Wars	2
Sikh–Afghan conflicts	2
Afghan-Indian conflicts	1
Afghan-Sikh conflicts in Punjab	1
Afghan–Sikh conflicts canonical	1
Afghan–Sikh relations	1
Anglo-Afghan-Sikh conflicts	1
Sikh–Durrani relations	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14051520 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Afghan–Sikh conflicts
Context triple: [Nihang Sikhs, associatedWithEvent, Afghan–Sikh conflicts]

A. Mughal–Sikh conflicts
The Mughal–Sikh conflicts were a series of 17th–18th century wars in the Indian subcontinent between the Mughal Empire and the emerging Sikh community that shaped the rise of Sikh political power and the decline of Mughal authority in Punjab.
B. Mughal–Afghan conflicts
The Mughal–Afghan conflicts were a series of 16th-century power struggles in northern India between the expanding Mughal Empire and various Afghan dynasties and warlords vying for regional dominance.
C. Anglo-Afghan Wars
The Anglo-Afghan Wars were a series of 19th- and early 20th-century conflicts between the British Empire and Afghanistan that shaped the latter’s modern borders and its role as a buffer state in Central Asia.
D. Anglo-Sikh Wars
The Anglo-Sikh Wars were a pair of mid-19th-century conflicts in the Indian subcontinent between the Sikh Empire and the expanding British East India Company that led to the annexation of Punjab into British India.
E. Indo-Pakistani wars
The Indo-Pakistani wars are a series of major military conflicts fought between India and Pakistan since 1947, primarily over territorial disputes such as Kashmir.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Afghan–Sikh conflicts
Target entity description: The Afghan–Sikh conflicts were a series of 18th- and 19th-century military and political struggles between Sikh forces and Afghan rulers over control of Punjab and surrounding regions in northwestern South Asia.

A. Mughal–Sikh conflicts
The Mughal–Sikh conflicts were a series of 17th–18th century wars in the Indian subcontinent between the Mughal Empire and the emerging Sikh community that shaped the rise of Sikh political power and the decline of Mughal authority in Punjab.
B. Mughal–Afghan conflicts
The Mughal–Afghan conflicts were a series of 16th-century power struggles in northern India between the expanding Mughal Empire and various Afghan dynasties and warlords vying for regional dominance.
C. Anglo-Afghan Wars
The Anglo-Afghan Wars were a series of 19th- and early 20th-century conflicts between the British Empire and Afghanistan that shaped the latter’s modern borders and its role as a buffer state in Central Asia.
D. Anglo-Sikh Wars
The Anglo-Sikh Wars were a pair of mid-19th-century conflicts in the Indian subcontinent between the Sikh Empire and the expanding British East India Company that led to the annexation of Punjab into British India.
E. Indo-Pakistani wars
The Indo-Pakistani wars are a series of major military conflicts fought between India and Pakistan since 1947, primarily over territorial disputes such as Kashmir.
F. None of above. chosen