Abstract
Plethora of literature has been produced on the Sikh history of the Punjab and more importantly analyzing the era of Ranjit Singh. However, not a single academic and research study is done on the successors of the Ranjit Singh. Even those who have written on the successors of the Ranjit Singh have not properly addressed the Sikh-Muslim relations during the post-Ranjit Singh period and this article attempts to fill the research gap in the historical literature of the post-Ranjit period from1839 to1849. There are allegations against the Sikh rulers for the mistreatment of the Muslims during the post-Ranjit Singh. Therefore, it is of immense importance to explore, investigate and analyze the Sikh Muslim relation in the post-Ranjit Singh period. This study will try to find answer to the following queries: What was religious policy of the Sikh rulers and what was response of the Muslims to these. The study argues that though there were few incidents which went against the Muslim population but the Sikh -Muslim relations did not deteriorate in the post Ranjit Singh period as well. Though there were opportunities for the rulers and the ruled to go against each other but neither the rulers’ lunched anti-Muslim policies nor the Muslims reacted and revolted against them.