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The Safavid-Mughal Rivalry for Kandahar
This episode dives into the fierce Safavid-Mughal struggle for the strategic fortress city of Kandahar, a key hub on the Silk Road that changed hands multiple times between 1520 and 1709. Lucas and Luna explore the city's geopolitical importance, the tit-for-tat sieges under Shahs Tahmasp I, Abbas I, and Abbas II, and the Mughal emperors Humayun, Akbar, Shah Jahan, and Aurangzeb. They examine how Kandahar's control hinged on fragile alliances with the Qizilbash and local Afghan tribes, and how its loss to the Hotaki rebels in 1709 foreshadowed the Safavid Empire's collapse. Listeners will…
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