List of wars involving the Mughal Empire

The Mughal Empire was an early modern empire that dominated Indian subcontinent between 1526 and 1857 and fought a series of wars with neighbouring empires and kingdoms. The following is a list of wars involving the Mughal empire:

List

List of wars involving the Mughal Empire

Conflict	Hindustan and Allies	Opponent(s)	Outcome
Mughal conquest of Malwa (1560-1570)	Mughal Empire	Malwa Sultanate	Victory
Mughal conquest of Garha (1564–1567)	Mughal Empire	Garha Kingdom	Victory
Mughal conquest of Gujarat (Early July 1572—1573)	Mughal Empire	Gujarat Sultanate	Victory
Mughal conquest of Bengal (1572–12 July 1576)	Mughal Empire	Bengal Sultanate	Victory
Mughal-Safavid War (1605-1606)	Mughal Empire	Safavid Iran	Victory
Mughal conquest of Jessore (1611-January 1612)	Mughal Empire	Pratapaditya	Victory
Mughal conquest of Mewar (1613–1616)	Mughal Empire	Kingdom of Mewar	Victory
Mughal-Safavid War (1622-1623)	Mughal Empire	Safavid Iran	Defeat
Mughal-Safavid War (1638)	Mughal Empire	Safavid Iran	Victory
Dano-Mughal War (1643-1650)	Mughal Empire	Denmark–Norway Danish India	Stalemate
Shah Jahan's Central Asian campaign (1646-1647)	Mughal Empire	Khanate of Bukhara	Status quo ante bellum
Mughal-Safavid War (1649-1653)	Mughal Empire	Safavid Iran Khanate of Bukhara	Defeat
Mughal conquest of Chittagong (November 1665 – 27 January 1666)	Mughal Empire	Kingdom of Mrauk U	Victory
Tibet-Ladakh-Mughal war (1679–84)	Mughal Empire	Tibet Ganden Phodrang	Treaty of Tingmosgang
Anglo-Mughal war (January 1686 – February 1690)	Mughal Empire	England East India Company	Victory
Nader Shah's invasion of India (10 May 1738 – 16 May 1739)	Mughal Empire	Afsharid Iran	Defeat
First Carnatic War (1744–27 October 1748)	Mughal Empire	FranceGreat Britain	Status quo ante bellum
Second Carnatic War (1749–1754)	Mughal Empire	Great Britain East India Company	Treaty of Pondicherry
Seven Years' War (1754–1763) (incl. Third Carnatic War)	Mughal Empire	Great Britain	Status quo ante bellum
Bengal War (1763–1765)	Mughal Empire	Great Britain East India Company	Defeat
Indian Uprising (1857)	Mughal Empire Nana Peshwa's forces Jhansi State	Great Britain East India Company	Defeat

Simplified List

• Mughal–Rajput Wars (1526–1779)
• Mughal–Afghan Wars (1526–1752)
• Mughal–Persian Wars (1605–1739)
• Mughal–Ahom Wars (1616–1682)
• Mughal–Sikh Wars (1621–1788)
• Mughal–Danish East India Company Wars (1642–1698)
• Mughal–Tibet Wars (1679–1684)
• Mughal–Maratha Wars (1680–1707)
• Mughal–British East India Company Wars (1686–1857)
• Mughal Civil Wars (1627–1720)

See also

• List of battles involving the Mughal Empire
• Anglo-Mughal War