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Battle of Kandahar (1558)

Part of the Mughal–Persian wars

Date	1558
Location	Kandahar, modern day Afghanistan
Result	Safavid victory
Territorial changes	Kandahar falls to Safavid Empire

Belligerents

Safavid Empire

Mughal Empire

Commanders and leaders

Soltan Hosayn Mirza Safavi

Muhammad Shah Qalati

Shah Tahmasp of Persia tried to exploit the inexperience of the young Mughal Emperor Akbar, then an adolescent. He sent an army to lay siege to Kandahar, a vital southern Afghan city held by Shah Muhammad, a governor appointed by the Mughal regent Bairam Khan. With no way to offer military assistance, Akbar was compelled to surrender Kandahar to the Persians. The Persians held the city on and off for almost four decades before the Mughals recovered it.