Mughal–Persian wars
| Mughal–Persian wars | |||||||
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| Part of Decline of the Mughal Empire | |||||||
Representation of Nader Shah at the sack of Delhi | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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Safavid Iran Afsharid Iran | Mughal India | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Tahmasp I Abbas I of Persia Abbas II of Persia Mehrāb Khān Autar Khan Nader Shah Heraclius II of Georgia |
Humayun Akbar Jahangir Kilij Khan Murad Bakhsh Dara Shikoh Aurangzeb Muhammad Shah | ||||||
The Mughal–Persian wars were a series of wars fought in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries between the Safavid and Afsharid Empires of Persia, and the Mughal Empire of India, over what is now Afghanistan. The Mughals consolidated their control of what is today India and Pakistan in the 16th century, and gradually came into conflict with the powerful Safavids and Afsharids, led by Abbas the Great and Nader Shah respectively. Aside from Nader Shah's invasion of the Mughal Empire, most of the conflict between the two powers were limited to battles for control over Kandahar. From a Safavid point of view, the Mughal army counted as "far less formidable" than that of their arch rivals the Ottomans.