Mughal–Safavid war (1622–1623)

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Mughal Safavid war
Part of
Mughal–Persian Wars

Mughal siege of Qandahar, found in the Padshahnama and painted in 1631
Date1622–1623
Location
Loy Kandahar, modern day Afghanistan
Result
Safavid
victory
Territorial
changes		 Kandahar falls to Safavid Iran
Belligerents
Safavid Empire
 Mughal Empire
Commanders and leaders
Abbas I Jahangir
Strength
2,000 6,000

The Mughal–Safavid war of 1622–1623 was fought over the important fortress city of Kandahar, in Afghanistan, between the Safavid Empire and the Mughal Empire.

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Shah Abbas desired to capture the strategic fortress on Kandahar since he had lost it in 1595.

Ottoman–Safavid War (1603–18), Shah Abbas was secure enough for a war on his eastern frontier,[1] so in 1621 he ordered an army to gather at Nishapur.[1] After celebrating the Iranian New Year at Tabas Gilaki in southern Khorasan, Abbas joined with his army and marched on Kandahar where he arrived on 20 May and immediately began the siege.[1] Though Jahangir had information of the Persian's movements he was slow to respond,[1] and without reinforcements, the small garrison of 3,000 men could not hold for long.[4]

The Emperor asked his son and heir apparent

Gharjistan.[8] The rebellion of Khurram absorbed the Mughal's attention, so in the spring of 1623 a Mughal envoy arrived at the Shah's camp with a letter from the Emperor accepting the loss of Kandahar and putting an end to the conflict.[9]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e Burton 1997, p. 159
  2. ^ a b Iranica 2011
  3. ^ a b Kohn 2007, p. 337
  4. ^ Chandra 2005, p. 221
  5. ISBN 978-0-19-507488-8
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  6. ^ Chandra 2005, p. 242
  7. ^ Burton 1997, p. 160
  8. ^ Burton 1997, p. 161
  9. ^ Burton 1997, p. 162

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