<P> Khushal Khattak, the Pashtun warrior poet, was born near Peshawar, and his life was intimately tied to the city . As an advocate for Afghan independence, he was an implacable foe of the Mughal rulers, especially Aurangzeb . </P> <P> The Marathas defeated the Durranis in the Battle of Peshwar in 1758 as a part of their Northwest expansion campaign . When Raghunathrao and Malhar Rao Holkar had left Punjab they appointed Tukoji Sindhia as their representative in this north - western province of our country . He along with Khandoji Kadam defeated the Afghan garrison . </P> <P> As Mughal power declined in 1747, following a loya jirga, Peshawar would join the Pashtun Durrani Empire of Ahmad Shah Durrani . Peshawar was attacked and captured by the Maratha Empire of western India, which conquered Peshawar on 8 May 1758 . A large force of Pashtuns under Ahmad Shah Durrani then re-conquered Peshawar in early 1759 . Peshawar remained under Afghan (Durrani) rule till the conquest by the Sikhs in 1818 . </P> <P> In 1776, Ahmad Shah's son, Timur Shah Durrani, chose Peshawar as his winter capital and the Bala Hissar Fort in Peshawar was used as the residence of Durrani kings . Pashtuns from Peshawar participated in the incursions of South Asia during the Durrani Empire . Peshawar remained the winter capital until the Sikhs of the Punjab region rose to power in the early nineteenth century . </P>

Where did the city of peshawar obtain its great wealth