Mughal–Safavid Wars

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The Mughal–Safavid Wars were a series of early modern conflicts between the Mughal Empire of India and the Safavid Empire of Persia, primarily over control of strategic regions such as Kandahar.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military conflict
war
affectedCity Herat
Kandahar
affectedEmpire Mughal Empire (in much of the territory)
surface form: Mughal Empire

Safavid Empire
belligerent Mughal Empire (in much of the territory)
surface form: Mughal Empire

Safavid Empire
category 16th-century conflicts
17th-century conflicts
18th-century conflicts
Wars involving the Mughal Empire
Wars involving the Safavid dynasty
Wars over territory
conflictBetween Mughal Empire (in much of the territory)
surface form: Mughal Empire

Safavid Empire
conflictType border war
inter-imperial war
endCentury 18th century
era early modern period
followedBy Kandahar Province
surface form: Afghan rise in Kandahar region
geopoliticalContext competition for dominance in eastern Islamic world
historicalSignificance influenced control of trade between India, Iran, and Central Asia
shaped the Mughal–Persian frontier
involvedDynasty Safavid Empire
surface form: Safavid dynasty

Timurid dynasty
surface form: Timurid (Mughal) dynasty
languageOfSources Persian
Uyghur language
surface form: Turki (Chagatai/Mughal court language)
location Afghanistan
Kandahar
Khorasan
surface form: eastern Persia

northwestern Indian subcontinent
mainCause control of Kandahar
territorial disputes
opposedReligion Sunni Islam (Mughal court majority)
Twelver Shia
surface form: Twelver Shia Islam (Safavid state religion)
partOf Mughal–Safavid Wars self-linksurface differs
surface form: Mughal–Persian conflicts
precededBy Timurid–Turkmen conflicts
regionOfInfluence South Asia
Middle East
surface form: West Asia
relatedTo Mughal conquest of Kandahar
Mughal–Safavid Wars self-linksurface differs
surface form: Mughal–Persian Wars

Persian reconquest of Kandahar
resultedIn frequent changes of control over Kandahar
startCentury 16th century
strategicObjective control of frontier fortresses
control of trade routes between India and Central Asia

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Safavid Empire conflict Mughal–Safavid Wars
Afghan invasions precededBy Mughal–Safavid Wars
this entity surface form: Safavid–Mughal conflicts in eastern territories
Mughal–Safavid Wars partOf Mughal–Safavid Wars self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Mughal–Persian conflicts
Mughal–Safavid Wars relatedTo Mughal–Safavid Wars self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Mughal–Persian Wars