Shah Jahan's Central Asian campaign

Shah Jahan's Central Asian Campaign
Date1646-1647
Location
Central Asia
Result

Status quo ante bellum

  • Plunder of southern Uzbek territories[1]
Territorial
changes		 Uzbek territories of Balkh and Badakhshan falls to Mughal India for a short period with Murad Bakhsh becoming it's governor.[2][3]
Belligerents
Mughal India Khanate of Bukhara
Commanders and leaders
Shah Jahan
Murad Bakhsh
Aurangzeb		 Nazr Muhammad Khan
Abd al-Aziz Khan
Strength
60,000 cavalry[4] 120,000 Uzbek forces[5]
Casualties and losses
5,000 men[4] Unknown but much more[4]
The combatants in bold are sovereigns

Shah Jahan's Central Asian Campaign,[6] also known as the Balkh Campaign or The Indian invasion of Balkh and Badakhshan[7] was a military campaign from 1646-1647 undertook by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan against the Uzbek Khanate of Bukhara in Central Asia. It notably involved an Indian army crossing the Hindu Kush in battle.[8] The campaign was technically a stalemate.[9]

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  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference js1925 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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  9. ^ Jackson, Peter; Lockhart, Lawrence (6 February 1986). The Cambridge History of Iran, Volume 6. Cambridge University Press. p. 299. ISBN 9780521200943.