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| Nader Shah's Sindh expedition | |||||||||
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| Part ofNader Shah's invasion of the Mughal Empire &Nader's Campaigns | |||||||||
 Nader's expedition took him from the freezing heights of theHindu Kush to the scorching heat of the Sindh valley over some of the most rugged terrain in Asia which was also host to a myriad of fortresses & strongholds. | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
.svg) Persian Empire |  Kalhora dynasty | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
| Nader Shah | Noor Mohammad Kalhoro (POW)[2] | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||||
TheSindh expedition was one ofNader Shah's last campaigns duringhis war in northern India. After his victory overMuhammad Shah, theMughal Emperor, Nader had compelled him to cede all the lands to the west of theIndus River. His return to this region fromDelhi was honoured by all the governors of the newly annexed territories save forKhudayar Khan,[a] ruler ofSindh, who was conspicuously absent despite being given a summons like the rest of the governors.
Nader set out across theHindu Kush mountains on a 1,700 kilometre journey which came to a close within 2 months.[1] The astonished Khodayar Khan was caught completely off balance and could not gather forces to resist, given the unexpected emergence of the Imperial army as well as the rapidity of its advance into his lands. Completely dismayed and demoralised he surrendered himself to Nader, whence he was chained and all his personal wealth including his treasury confiscated. After the intercedence of a sympathetic governor, Nader reinstated Khodayar Khan as the ruler of Sindh. He left a fewAfsharidQizilbash cavalrymen and trusted functionaries in different areas of the territory to maintain his rule and crush any further subversion. The descendants of these officials have fully assimilated into the Sindhi culture as of now and the ones that were particularly installed inShikarpur assimilated into the surrounding majority residentPashtun population.