| Battle of Khyber Pass | |||||||||
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| Part of Nader Shah's invasion of the Mughal Empire | |||||||||
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Kheibar_pass_1.jpg) A map of the Kheibar campaign, illustrating Nader's incredible 80 kilometre flank-march | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Afsharid_Imperial_Standard_(3_Stripes).svg){kind=small} Persian Empire |
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Alam_of_the_Mughal_Empire.svg){kind=small} Mughal Empire | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Nader Shah Nasrollah Mirza | Subahdar Nasir Khan [3] of Kabul and Peshawar (POW) | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
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10,000 engaged in battle Total: 22,000[4]
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20,000[5] 50,000[2] | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| Unknown[6] | Majority of the forces killed and rest are captured and taken prisoner.[4] | ||||||||
The Battle of Khyber Pass (Persian: نبرد تنگه خیبر) was an engagement fought in the mid-eighteenth century between the Afsharid Iran of Nader Shah and the Mughal vassal state of Peshawar. The result of the battle was an overwhelming victory for the Persians, opening up the path ahead to invade the crown-lands of the Mughal Empire of Muhammad Shah.
- ^ a b Axworthy 2009, p. 194.
- ^ a b c Tucker 2010, p. 733.
- ^ Lockhart 1938, p. 204.
- ^ a b Axworthy 2009, p. 252.
- ^ Axworthy 2009, p. 251.
- ^ Moghtader 2008, p. 56.
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