 After 1751, Ahmed Shah Durrani left his son, Taimur, to rule Lahore and these districts.During that time, Raja Ranjit Deo of Jammu expanded his domination over the peripheral areas, but the city of Sialkot was not included in it.Afterwards, the city was held strongly by a Pashtun clan till the occupation of the Sikhs who ruled for a period of about 40 years.