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Afghan conquest of Kunduz (1859) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Afghan Conquest of Kunduz took place from May to June 1859. The conflict was between the Qunduz Khanate and the Emirate of Afghanistan. The conflict began after Mir Ataliq, the ruler of Qunduz, though nominally under Afghan rule, wished to remain under a degree of high autonomy. Mir Ataliq rejected many of the Afghan demands to re-enter their suzerainty, leading to Afghan forces under Afzal Khan to began mobilizing, assembling their forces along the border of Qunduz, giving an ultimatum, which the Mir Ataliq did not respond to, leading to the Afghans invading in May 1859.
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Part of Dost Mohammad's campaigns | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Afghanistan |
Qunduz Khanate Badakhshan Kulob Rostaq Bukhara | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Dost Mohammad Khan Azam Khan Afzal Khan Abdur Rahman Khan Sharif Khan Shams al-Din Khan Mohammad Zaman Khan |
Mir Ataliq Mir Suhrab Beg Nasrullah Khan Mir Shah Mir Yusuf Ali | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
20,000[4] 40 guns[5] |
40,000 (1859)[5][6] 50,000 Bukharans[6] 22,000 (1860)[7] |
The Afghans defeated the armies of Mir Ataliq in battle, forcing his abdication as the Afghans closed in on his capital, with his brother-in-law negotiating a peace settlement that saw the Afghans annex the Qunduz Khanate. Badakhshan was also subjugated under Afghan rule during this conflict.