Siege of Bost

1638 CE.

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The Siege of Bost, from July 28 to September 3, 1638, was a siege of the fortress of Bost (modern Lashkari Bazar) led by the Mughal Empire general Qulij Khan Turani sent by Shah Jahan, against the Safavids under Mihrab Khan, an Armenian ghulam of the ruler of Iran Safi of Persia. The siege was part of the Mughal–Safavid War (1637–1638), and followed the Fall of Kandahar in March 1638.

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