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Ghilzai Tribal Revolt
Around 1595, the Ghilzai Pashtun tribes of southeastern Afghanistan revolted near Kandahar against Safavid control and taxation, threatening the empi…
Timeline
- 1595Kandahar · KandaharGhilzai Pashtun chieftains gathered followers in the Kandahar region to resist Safavid-appointed local governors and tax exactions, temporarily expelling imperial garrisons and controlling key positions around the city.
- 1595–1597Southeastern Afghanistan · AfghanistanThe revolt spread to tribal areas around Kandahar, disrupting trade routes between the Safavid and Mughal empires and tying down imperial resources otherwise directed against the Uzbeks in Khurasan.
- 1597–1598Kandahar · KandaharThe Safavids dispatched troops together with local allies to suppress the revolt; its momentum was checked and Kandahar temporarily returned to imperial control, but the deep-rooted tradition of tribal autonomy meant further flare-ups in later years.
Sources
- Encyclopaedia Iranica: Kandahar — C. E. Bosworth https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/kandahar
- The Ghilzai Afghan Unrest and the Safavid Response — R. Matthee (1994)