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 ⓘ
Safavid Empire ⓘ
belligerent 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 ⓘ
Safavid Empire ⓘ
conflictType border war ⓘ
inter-imperial war ⓘ
endCentury 18th century ⓘ
era early modern period ⓘ
followedBy Afghan rise in Kandahar region ⓘ
linked to: Kandahar Province
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 dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Safavid Empire

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

northwestern Indian subcontinent ⓘ
mainCause control of Kandahar ⓘ
territorial disputes ⓘ
opposedReligion Sunni Islam (Mughal court majority) ⓘ
Twelver Shia Islam (Safavid state religion) ⓘ
linked to: Twelver Shia
partOf Mughal–Persian conflicts ⓘ
precededBy Timurid–Turkmen conflicts ⓘ
regionOfInfluence South Asia ⓘ
West Asia ⓘ
linked to: Middle East
relatedTo Mughal conquest of Kandahar ⓘ
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 → Safavid–Mughal conflicts in eastern territories ⓘ
linked to: Mughal–Safavid Wars
Mughal–Safavid Wars → partOf → Mughal–Persian conflicts ⓘ
linked to: Mughal–Safavid Wars
Mughal–Safavid Wars → relatedTo → Mughal–Persian Wars ⓘ
linked to: Mughal–Safavid Wars
Mughal conquest of Kandahar → conflict → Mughal–Safavid Wars ⓘ
Mughal conquest of Kandahar → partOf → Mughal–Safavid rivalry ⓘ
linked to: Mughal–Safavid Wars
Mughal conquest of Kandahar → conflict → Mughal–Safavid rivalry ⓘ
linked to: Mughal–Safavid Wars
Mughal conquest of Kandahar → relatedTo → Mughal–Safavid Wars ⓘ
Mughal conquest of Kandahar → relatedTo → Mughal–Persian relations ⓘ
linked to: Mughal–Safavid Wars
Mughal conquest of Kandahar → category → Mughal–Safavid Wars ⓘ
Persian reconquest of Kandahar → conflictOf → Mughal–Safavid Wars ⓘ
Persian reconquest of Kandahar → partOf → Mughal–Safavid frontier conflicts ⓘ
linked to: Mughal–Safavid Wars
Persian reconquest of Kandahar → follows → Mughal–Safavid rivalry over Kandahar ⓘ
linked to: Mughal–Safavid Wars
Persian reconquest of Kandahar → relatedTo → Mughal–Safavid diplomatic relations ⓘ
linked to: Mughal–Safavid Wars
Shah Safi → conflict → Mughal–Safavid rivalry ⓘ
linked to: Mughal–Safavid Wars
Safavid–Uzbek conflicts → relatedTo → Safavid–Mughal relations ⓘ
linked to: Mughal–Safavid Wars