| Conquest of Kandahar | |||||||||
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| Part of Dost Mohammad's campaigns | |||||||||
 Sketch of Kandahar in 1857 | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Principality of Qandahar |
 Emirate of Afghanistan | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Rahmdil Khan Sadiq Khan Sultan Ali Mohammad Umar Khushdil Khan Alam Khan Sultan Ahmad Khan |
Dost Mohammad Sher Ali Khan[2] Haidar Khan Azam Khan Karim Khan Sharif Khan Jalal al-Din Khan | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
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Unknown 600 men on the conspiracy at Mala Khan[3] |
880 men (in coup)[4] Unknown number of entourage troops | ||||||||
The Conquest of Kandahar took place on 14 November 1855, and its consolidation lasted as long as September 1856. Following the death of Kohandil Khan, the ruler of Kandahar under the Dil brothers, the region had fallen into a succession crisis between Rahmdil Khan, the brother of Kohandil, and Kohandil's sons, who wished to gain power for themselves. Dost Mohammad Khan, the ruler of the Emirate of Afghanistan, sought to take advantage of the anarchy and chaos, and conquer Kandahar for himself.
- ^ Lee 2019, p. 317.
- ^ Lee, Jonathan (2019). Afghanistan: A History from 1260 to the Present. Reaktion Books. p. 188. ISBN 9781789140101.
- ^ Noelle 1997, p. 243.
- ^ McChesney & Khorrami 2012, p. 219-220.