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while, the Bakhtiyaris took some of the principal towers. But the Afghans still held out in a detached fort with their leader, Mir Hussein, who made desperate efforts to drive the Persians back. But is was too late.
On learning that Nadir had brought his heavy cannon to bombard the citadel, Mir Hussein decided to surrender.
Nadir treated the Ghilzais very kindly and enlisted many of them in his army. Mir Hussein with his family and followers was sent to Mazandaran as prisoner. Nadir found imprisoned in Kandahar two Abdali brothers, Zulfikar Khan and Ahmad Khan. They had fled from Herat to seek shelter in Kandahar, but Mir Hussein threw them into prison. Nadir treated the two brothers very kindly. They were also sent to Mazandaran.
The fall of Kandahar (March, 1738) brought Nadir very near to the frontier of the Mughal Empire. The tottering Mughal Monarchy of Hindustan could not escape his keen eyes. The Court of Delhi at the time was too much engrossed in its own internal affairs, to look beyond its borders. Even when Nadir invaded their territories and took Kabul, they
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