The clash at Ghazni was a brief engagement, fought between the Roshanis led by Jalala Ansari, better known as Jalala Tariki, the son of former Roshanid leader Pir Roshan, and Hazaras of Ghazni in 1601, following a conflict involving the Lohani Afghans at Ghazni. The confrontation resulted in a defeat for the Roshanis and the death of Jalala.
The Hazaras attacked Lohanis who were engaged in trading at Ghazni, the Afghans held their ground for a week but, due to lack of water turned back and asked the Roshani leader for help.
Jalala Tariki, entered Ghazni two days later in the guise of a merchant. The servants of Sharif Khan engaged him in a short clash before withdrawing. Jalala subsequently collected a large quantity of goods, apparently under the pretext of purchasing them. On the sixteenth day, he attempted to take the goods away, Shadman Khan Hazara confronted him and, After a brief fight, defeated his army.
The Roshanis fled while Jalala himself escaped to a hill, Murad beg and a few others came and killed him. His death brought the conflict surrounding his activities to an end. For some time, soldiers had been sent against him, and several years earlier, Zain Khan Koka, had undertaken an expedition against him. But he was finally cut down by a group of little-known men.Abu'l-Fazl, The Akbarnama, translated by Henry Beveridge, vol. 3 (Calcutta: Asiatic Society, 1907–1939), p. 1160.
The Hazaras "sent the entire army of infidels to hell," as said by Akhund Darweza Nangarhari. Jalala Tariki's body was cut in two and hung at the gates of Kabul and Ghazni, while his head was sent to the Mughal emperor Akbar.
Mīr Ḏu'l-feqār ʿAlī Ardestānī wrote: "In the year 1007, during the reign of His Majesty Jalal-ud-Din Akbar— Miyan Jalal-ud-Din captured Ghazni and thoroughly ravaged the surrounding territories, yet he was unable to maintain a foothold there. As he was withdrawing, a battle broke out between the Hazaras and the Afghans; Jalal-ud-Din, having been wounded by Shadman Hazara, fled toward the hill of Ribat, where Murad Beg and several retainers of Sharif Khan overtook him and finished him off."
Another account by Olaf Caroe records..."In 1599 he turned south and actually took Ghazni by a ruse and with the aid of some Lohani tribesmen from Bannu or the Derajat. The governor, Sharif Khan, was driven out, and the Tariki raiders captured a large booty. In endeavouring to secure it by stealth Jalala and his party fell in with a strong body of Hazaras and the man whom all the King's soldiers had failed to suppress was killed by a stray shot."
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