Later Mughals v2.c15.s2.6

v2.c15.s2.6

∗ This is incorrect. The fort besieged was Qandahar in Afghanistan, as the Chhatra-prakash, p. 30, distinctly mentions Khandhar and Dara Shukoh’s participation in its siege, but with the usual exaggeration of a Court eulogist says that Champat forced it to surrender! The third Mughal siege of Qandahar, conducted by Dara Shukoh, from April to September 1653, was a miserable failure. Padishahnama (ii. 304) records that Champat with his brothers entered the service of Dara some years after 1642. J. Sarkar.]