The Fall of Kandahar (1638) refers to the recovery of the Kandahar fortress by the Mughal Empire from the Safavids, following the betrayal of Alimardan Khan, Safavid Governor of the region. After the formal remittance of the fortress to the Mughals on March 11 without a fight, a battle ensued in the region of Kandahar on open ground between Mughal forces and Safavid forces about a month later on April 11, resulting in a Safavid defeat. The fall of Kandahar was part of the Mughal–Safavid War (1637–1638), giving control of Kandahar to the Mughals for a period of about 10 years, until the Safavids recaptured it in the Siege of Kandahar (1648–1649), never to return again in the possession of the Mughals. The Siege of Bost (1638) followed in the summer of the same year 1638, ending in an important Mughal victory.
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