Mughal–Afghan Wars
| Mughal–Afghan Wars | |||||||||
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First Battle of Panipat from the manuscripts of Baburnama (Memoirs of Babur) | |||||||||
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Delhi Sultanate (Lodi dynasty) Eastern Afghan Confederacy Sur Empire Malwa Sultanate Yusufzai Chieftaincy Bengal Sultanate (Karrani dynasty) Durrani Empire Baro-Bhuyan Noohani dynasty Shinwari tribesmen | ||||||||
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Babur Humayun Akbar Shah Jahan Aurangzeb Ahmad Shah Bahadur Bairam Khan X Pir Muhammad Khan Shirwani † Raja Ali Khan Mir Khalifa Zain Khan Koka Raja Birbal † Netaji Palkar I'timād-ud-Daulah † Shujaat Khan † Man Singh I Jaswant Singh † Muhabat Khan Shamshir Khan † Pir Paie † Fidai Khan Mukarram Khan Amin Khan Syed Khan † Khwajah Asmatullah Khan † Zafar Khan |
Ibrahim Lodi † Malak Ahmad Khan Yusufzai Gaju Khan Yousafzai Sher Shah Sur Taj Khan Karrani Pir Roshan † Pir Jalal Bibi Alalay Kalu Khan Yousafzai Mirwais Khan Yusufzai Malik Bhaku Khan Yousafzai Khwaja Usman (DOW) Aimal Khan Mohmand Khushal Khan Khattak Darya Khan Afridi Ahmad Shah Durrani Bayazid of Sylhet Isa Khan Bahar Khan Noohani Tatar Khan Naghir | ||||||||
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The Mughal–Afghan wars were a series of wars that took place during the 16th and 18th centuries between the Mughal Empire of India and different Afghan tribes and kingdoms.
The conflict over the lands in modern-day Afghanistan, which were crucial from a strategic standpoint for both sides, served as the primary catalyst for these conflicts. The Afghans struggled to protect their independence and resisted Mughal expansion while the Mughals worked to enlarge their empire and take control of the area.