The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c20.245
The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c20.245
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Qandahār fell on 24 March, 1738, and Nādir Shāh, whose envoy had been absent for a year, advanced towards Ghaznī, which he entered on 11 June. He reached Kābul on 21 June, and after a combat beneath the walls, the citadel was besieged and surrendered on 29 June. Nādir stayed for some months in Kābul and its neighbourhood, and wrote to Muhammad Shāh, complaining again of his breach of faith, but the messenger was waylaid and slain, and it is doubtful whether the despatch ever reached the emperor.