Afghan Conquest of Kunduz
The Afghan Conquest of Kunduz took place from May to June 1859. The conflict was between the Kunduz Khanate and the Emirate of Afghanistan. The conflict began after Mir Ataliq, the ruler of Kunduz, 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. The Afghans assembled their forces along the border of Kunduz, with an envoy delivering an ultimatum, which the Mir Ataliq did not respond to. This led to the Afghans invading in May 1859.
| Afghan Conquest of Kunduz | |||||||||
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| Part of Dost Mohammad's campaigns | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Afghanistan |
Kunduz Khanate Badakhshan Kulob Rostaq Bukhara | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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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 | ||||||||
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20,000 40 guns |
40,000 (1859) 50,000 Bukharans (1859) 22,000 (1860) | ||||||||
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 Kunduz Khanate. Badakhshan was also subjugated under Afghan rule during this conflict.