Mughal Emperors and Central Asia | Indian History

In this article we will discuss about Mughul emperors and their attempts to conquer central Asia. Mughul emperors always desired to conquer their ancestral homeland in Central Asia which included Trans-Oxina, Badakhshan, Balkh, Bhukhara, Samarqand etc. Except Aurangzeb, all Mughul emperors tried to occupy that territory particularly the city of Samarqand, the conquest of which they regarded prestigious. Babur attempted [...]