Editing Muhammad Shah (section)

=== Invasion of Mughal empire ===
In May 1738, Nader Shah attacked northern Afghanistan and captured [[Ghazni]]. He captured Kabul in June and [[Jalalabad]] in September. By November, he had [[Battle of Khyber Pass (1738)|crossed]] the [[Khyber Pass]] and besieged and razed the [[Bala Hissar, Peshawar|fortress]] of [[Peshawar]]. In January 1739, he captured [[Lahore]], after completely subduing the forces of the Mughal viceroy, [[Zakariya Khan Bahadur]] and his 25,000 [[Sowar|''sowars'']],<ref name="google5">{{cite book |author=Chhabra, G.S. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UkDi6rVbckoC |title=Advance Study in the History of Modern India (Volume 1: 1707–1803) |publisher=Lotus Press |year=2005 |isbn=9788189093068}}</ref> by the [[Chenab]] river. The Afsharid forces soon encountered bands of [[Misl|Sikh rebels]] whom Nader Shah predicted would clearly benefit after his invasion.<ref name="google5" /> The Afsharids would capture [[Subah of Lahore|territory]] all the way up to [[Attock]], forcing Muhammad Shah and his court to realise that the Persian emperor would not be satisfied with the loot of a province. The cities of [[Wazirabad]], [[Eminabad]] and [[Gujrat city|Gujrat]] were not only sacked but razed to the ground. Near [[Larkana]], the Afsharids completely routed the Mughal army of the [[Kalhora dynasty|Nawab of Sindh]], [[Main Noor Mohammad Kalhoro]], and later captured him and his two sons. [[Sirhind-Fategarh|Sirhind]] was then captured by the Persians in February 1739, opening the route towards the Mughal capital of Delhi.