What is Sikh Empire?
The‌ ‌'''Sikh ‌Empire‌''' ‌was ‌an [[empire|‌empire]] ‌based ‌in ‌the [[Punjab]] region‌.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ranjit Singh: A Secular Sikh Sovereign {{!}} Exotic India Art|url=https://www.exoticindiaart.com/book/details/ranjit-singh-secular-sikh-sovereign-ide822/|access-date=2024-01-04|website=www.exoticindiaart.com|language=en}}</ref> It lasted‌ from ‌1799, ‌when [[Ranjit Singh|Maharaja‌‌ Ranjit Singh]] captured‌‌ [[Lahore]], until ‌1849, when‌ the [[British East India Company|British East India Company‌]] defeated‌ it in the Second‌ Anglo-Sikh War. The empire stretched from [[Gilgit Agency|‌‌Gilgit]] and [[Tibet|‌Tibet]] in ‌the‌‌ north ‌‌to the ‌deserts‌ of [[Sindh]] in the south and from the [[Khyber Pass|Khyber‌ Pass]] in the west to the [[Sutlej]] in the‌ east.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zwFDAAAAYAAJ|title=History of the Sikhs|last=Gupta|first=Hari Ram|date=1991|publisher=Munshiram Manoharlal|isbn=978-81-215-0540-6|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=History of the Sikhs|last=Singh|first=Khushwant|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2004|isbn=978-0195673081|pages=viii}}</ref> [[File:Sikh_Empire.JPG|thumb|Map of the Sikh Empire.]] The [[empire]] was divided into four provinces; [[Lahore]], [[Multan]], [[Peshawar]], and [[Kashmir]] and had a diverse population of around 4.5 million in 1831, with [[Muslims]] being the majority at 70% and [[Sikhism|Sikhs]] at 6%.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781118455074|title=The Encyclopedia of Empire|date=2016-01-11|publisher=Wiley|isbn=978-1-118-44064-3|editor-last=Dalziel|editor-first=Nigel|edition=1|language=en|doi=10.1002/9781118455074.wbeoe314|editor-last2=MacKenzie|editor-first2=John M}}</ref> The [[British Empire]] annexed it, marking the end of [[Sikhism|Sikh]] rule in the [[Indian subcontinent]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bI9_AwAAQBAJ&q=khusrau+mirza+died&pg=PA1163|title=Faiths Across Time [4 Volumes]: 5,000 Years of Religious History [4 Volumes]|last=Melton|fi