The Expedition in 1857–1858 also coincided with the 1857 Mutiny, as mutineers of the 55th Infantry had taken refuge and joined Sayyid Mubarak Shah, the son of Sayyid Akbar Shah of Hazara, who was linked to the Hindustanis as the former treasurer and counselor under Syed Ahmed Barelvi, and had later been proclaimed the king of Swat and Hazara.

[1] Sayyid Mubarak Shah raised an army for the purposes of war in Panjtar, but the instability of his rule also meant he could not venture far for fear of losing control of his kingdom.

It was at this moment that a few border villages had asked appealed to the Hindustanis and Mubaraz Khan to come down and begin a way for Islam.

The British again sent an expedition storming the heights of Mangal Thana, where they found a citadel built of large stone and fine timber to house a permanent and sizeable garrison.

The Hindustanis who survived fled to the village of Malka, where they furnished to accommodate upwards of 3,000 men.