Mughal Central Asia campaign
| Mughal Central Asia Campaign | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Mughal Empire | Khanate of Bukhara | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Shah Jahan Murad Bakhsh Aurangzeb |
Nazr Muhammad Khan Abd al-Aziz Khan | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| 60,000 cavalry | 120,000 Uzbek forces | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| 5,000 men | Unknown but much more | ||||||||
| The combatants in bold are sovereigns | |||||||||
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The Mughal Central Asia Campaign, also known as the Balkh Campaign, 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. The campaign was technically a stalemate.