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class="status"> <a href="/wiki/Safavid_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Safavid Empire">Safavid</a> victory</td></tr><tr><th style="padding-right:1em">Territorial<br />changes</th><td> <a href="/wiki/Kandahar" title="Kandahar">Kandahar</a> falls to <a href="/wiki/Safavid_Iran" title="Safavid Iran">Safavid Iran</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Belligerents</th></tr><tr><td style="width:50%;border-right:1px dotted #aaa;"> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Safavid_Flag.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Safavid_Flag.svg/23px-Safavid_Flag.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Safavid_Flag.svg/35px-Safavid_Flag.svg.png 1.5x, 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style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Commanders and leaders</th></tr><tr><td style="width:50%;border-right:1px dotted #aaa;"> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Safavid_Flag.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Safavid_Flag.svg/23px-Safavid_Flag.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Safavid_Flag.svg/35px-Safavid_Flag.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Safavid_Flag.svg/46px-Safavid_Flag.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Abbas_the_Great" title="Abbas the Great">Abbas I</a></td><td style="width:50%;padding-left:0.25em"> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Mughal_Empire_(triangular).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Flag_of_the_Mughal_Empire_%28triangular%29.svg/40px-Flag_of_the_Mughal_Empire_%28triangular%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Flag_of_the_Mughal_Empire_%28triangular%29.svg/60px-Flag_of_the_Mughal_Empire_%28triangular%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Jahangir" title="Jahangir">Jahangir</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Strength</th></tr><tr><td style="width:50%;border-right:1px dotted #aaa;"> 2,000</td><td style="width:50%;padding-left:0.25em"> 6,000</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Mughal–Safavid war</b> of 1622–1623 was fought over the important fortress city of <a href="/wiki/Kandahar" title="Kandahar">Kandahar</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>, between the Safavid Empire and the Mughal Empire. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Muhammad_Ali_Beg.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Muhammad_Ali_Beg.jpg/250px-Muhammad_Ali_Beg.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="305" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Muhammad_Ali_Beg.jpg/330px-Muhammad_Ali_Beg.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Muhammad_Ali_Beg.jpg/500px-Muhammad_Ali_Beg.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1802" data-file-height="2500" /></a><figcaption>Muhammad Ali Beg was the <a href="/wiki/Persia" class="mw-redirect" title="Persia">Persian</a> ambassador sent to the Mughal court of <a href="/wiki/Jahangir" title="Jahangir">Jahangir</a> by <a href="/wiki/Abbas_I_of_Persia" class="mw-redirect" title="Abbas I of Persia">Abbas I of Persia</a>, arriving in time for <a href="/wiki/Muharram" title="Muharram">Muharram</a> in March 1631. He remained there until October 1632, thus negotiating an end to the conflict between the Mughals and the <a href="/wiki/Safavid" class="mw-redirect" title="Safavid">Safavids</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>Shah Abbas had desired to capture the strategic fortress in Kandahar since he had lost it in 1595.<sup id="cite_ref-Burton159_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Burton159-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1605 the governor of <a href="/wiki/Herat" title="Herat">Herat</a>, Husein Khan, besieged the city but the tenacious defense of the Mughal governor, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Shah_Beg_Khan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Shah Beg Khan (page does not exist)">Shah Beg Khan</a>, and the arrival in the next year of a relieving Mughal army to Kandahar forced the Safavids to retreat.<sup id="cite_ref-Iranica_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Iranica-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Kohn337_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kohn337-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With the conclusion of the <a href="/wiki/Ottoman%E2%80%93Safavid_War_(1603%E2%80%9318)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ottoman–Safavid War (1603–18)">Ottoman–Safavid War (1603–18)</a>, Shah Abbas was secure enough for a war on his eastern frontier,<sup id="cite_ref-Burton159_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Burton159-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> so in 1621 he ordered an army to gather at <a href="/wiki/Nishapur" title="Nishapur">Nishapur</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Burton159_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Burton159-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After celebrating the <a href="/wiki/Nowruz" title="Nowruz">Iranian New Year</a> at <a href="/w/index.php?title=Tabas_Gilaki&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tabas Gilaki (page does not exist)">Tabas Gilaki</a> in southern <a href="/wiki/Greater_Khorasan" title="Greater Khorasan">Khorasan</a>, Abbas joined with his army and marched on Kandahar where he arrived on 20 May and immediately began the siege.<sup id="cite_ref-Burton159_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Burton159-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Though <a href="/wiki/Jahangir" title="Jahangir">Jahangir</a> had information of the Persian's movements he was slow to respond,<sup id="cite_ref-Burton159_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Burton159-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and without reinforcements, the small garrison of 3,000 men could not hold for long.<sup id="cite_ref-Chandra221_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chandra221-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Emperor asked his son and heir apparent <a href="/wiki/Shah_Jahan" title="Shah Jahan">Khurram</a> who was at <a href="/wiki/Mandu,_Madhya_Pradesh" title="Mandu, Madhya Pradesh">Mandu</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Deccan_Plateau" title="Deccan Plateau">Deccan</a> to lead the campaign and move the Barha Sayyids, the Indian Bukhari Sayyids, the Shaikhzadas, and the Rajputs back to the north,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but Khurram evaded the assignment fearing to lose his political power while he was away from court.<sup id="cite_ref-Chandra242_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chandra242-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The relief force the Mughals could assemble proved too small to raise the siege,<sup id="cite_ref-Kohn337_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kohn337-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> so after a 45-day siege the city fell on 22 June followed shortly after by <a href="/wiki/Zamindawar" title="Zamindawar">Zamindawar</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Burton160_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Burton160-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After fortifying the city and appointing <a href="/wiki/Ganj_Ali_Khan" title="Ganj Ali Khan">Ganj Ali Khan</a> as governor of the city,<sup id="cite_ref-Iranica_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Iranica-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Abbas returned to <a href="/wiki/Khorasan_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Khorasan Province">Khorasan</a> via <a href="/wiki/Gh%C5%8Dr_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Ghōr Province">Ghur</a>, subduing on the way troubling emirs in <a href="/wiki/Chaghcharan" title="Chaghcharan">Chaghcharan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gharjistan" class="mw-redirect" title="Gharjistan">Gharjistan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Burton161_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Burton161-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The rebellion of Khurram absorbed the Mughals' 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.<sup id="cite_ref-Burton162_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Burton162-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mughal%E2%80%93Safavid_war_(1622%E2%80%931623)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span 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href="/wiki/Battle_of_Chanderi" title="Battle of Chanderi">Chanderi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Chausa" title="Battle of Chausa">Chausa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Ghaghra" title="Battle of Ghaghra">Ghagra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Haldighati" title="Battle of Haldighati">Haldighati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Karnal" title="Battle of Karnal">Karnal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Khajwa" title="Battle of Khajwa">Khajwa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Khanwa" title="Battle of Khanwa">Khanwa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Najafgarh" title="Battle of Najafgarh">Najafgarh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Battle_of_Panipat" title="First Battle of Panipat">Panipat (1526)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Panipat" title="Second Battle of Panipat">Panipat (1556)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Battle_of_Panipat" title="Third Battle of Panipat">Panipat (1761)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Plassey" title="Battle 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Sanga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sher_Shah_Suri" title="Sher Shah Suri">Sher Shah Suri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hemu" title="Hemu">Hemu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maharana_Pratap" title="Maharana Pratap">Maharana Pratap</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malik_Ambar" title="Malik Ambar">Malik Ambar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gokula" title="Gokula">Gokula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shivaji" title="Shivaji">Shivaji</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lachit_Borphukan" title="Lachit Borphukan">Lachit Borphukan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khushal_Khattak" title="Khushal Khattak">Khushal Khattak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_John_Child,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir John Child, 1st Baronet">Josiah Child</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guru_Gobind_Singh" title="Guru Gobind Singh">Guru Gobind Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Every" title="Henry Every">Henry Every</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bajirao_I" title="Bajirao I">Bajirao I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nader_Shah" title="Nader Shah">Nader Shah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hector_Munro,_8th_laird_of_Novar" class="mw-redirect" title="Hector Munro, 8th laird of Novar">Hector Munro</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Mughal_architecture" title="Mughal architecture">Architecture</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Forts and palaces</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Agra_Fort" title="Agra Fort">Agra Fort</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lahore_Fort" title="Lahore Fort">Lahore Fort</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lalbagh_Fort" title="Lalbagh Fort">Lalbagh Fort</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Fort" title="Red Fort">Red Fort</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jahangir_Mahal,_Orchha" title="Jahangir Mahal, Orchha">Jahangir Mahal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheesh_Mahal_(Lahore_Fort)" title="Sheesh Mahal (Lahore Fort)">Sheesh Mahal</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Mughal_mosques" title="Category:Mughal mosques">Mosques</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alamgir_Mosque,_Aurangabad" title="Alamgir Mosque, Aurangabad">Alamgir Mosque, Aurangabad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jama_Masjid,_Delhi" class="mw-redirect" title="Jama Masjid, Delhi">Jama Masjid (Delhi)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chawk_Mosque,_Dhaka" title="Chawk Mosque, Dhaka">Chawk Mosque</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Badshahi_Mosque" title="Badshahi Mosque">Badshahi Mosque</a></li> <li><a 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