[5] This dispute soon escalated which resulted in Jahan Khan sending an Afghan force to arrest Adina Beg.

[3][4] Adina Beg agreed to pay revenue to the Afghans as long as he was exempt from attending court at Lahore.

[3][4] Adina Beg also sent his Hindu agent Dila Ram to Lahore on his behalf and to ensure that revenue was received to the Afghans.

[6] Not receiving any satisfactory reply from Adina Beg, Jahan Khan had Dila Ram imprisoned.

[8][5] Adina Beg also sent agents to Lahore on his behalf which included Dharamdas Taranjia, Jodha Nagri, and Rai Ibrahim Bhatti of Kapurthala.

[7] Adina Beg ordered his Muslim soldiers to put blades of grass on their heads to distinguish themselves from the Afghans.

[7][2] The city of Jalandhar was home to Nasir Ali, who had previously ordered the Afghan forces to destroy Kartarpur.

Vadbhag Singh Sodhi, who was previously the local leader of Kartarpur, ordered the entire city of Jalandhar to be destroyed, with most of its Muslim inhabitants being massacred and the tomb of Nasir Ali was defiled with pork flesh.