Editing Durrani Empire (section)

====Early victories====
[[File:Portrait of Ahmad-Shah Durrani. Mughal miniature. ca. 1757, Bibliothèque nationale de France.jpg|thumb|Portrait of [[Ahmad Shah Durrani]], c. 1757]]
One of Ahmad Shah's first military actions was to capture [[Qalati Ghilji]] and [[Ghazni]] from the [[Ghilji]], and wrest [[Kabul]] and [[Peshawar]] from Mughal-appointed governor Nasir Khan. In 1749, the Mughal Emperor [[Ahmad Shah Bahadur]] was induced to cede [[Sindh Province|Sindh]], the [[Punjab region]] and the important trans [[Indus River]] to Ahmad Shah Durrani in order to save his capital from Afghan attack.<ref name="Runion 2007">{{cite book |first=Meredith L. |last=Runion |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aZk9XzqCFGUC&q=ahmad+shah+durrani+1749+sindh+and+punjab&pg=PA69 |title=The History of Afghanistan |page=69 |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |year=2007 |isbn=978-0313337987 |access-date=20 October 2021 |archive-date=13 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220113202516/https://books.google.com/books?id=aZk9XzqCFGUC&q=ahmad%20shah%20durrani%201749%20sindh%20and%20punjab&pg=PA69 |url-status=live}}</ref>{{rp|69}} Having thus gained substantial territories to the east without a fight, [[Durrani Campaign to Khorasan (1754-55)|Ahmad Shah turned westward]] to take possession of [[Mashhad]], which was ruled by Nader Shah Afshar's grandson, [[Shahrukh Afshar]]. Ahmad Shah next sent an army to subdue the areas north of the [[Hindu Kush]] mountains. In short order, the powerful army brought under its control the [[Tajik people|Tajik]], [[Hazara people|Hazara]], [[Uzbeks|Uzbek]], [[Turkmen people|Turkmen]], and other tribes of northern Afghanistan. Ahmad Shah invaded the remnants of the Mughal Empire a third time, and then a fourth, consolidating control over the Kashmir and Punjab regions, with [[Lahore]] being governed by Afghans. He sacked Delhi in 1757 but permitted the Mughal dynasty to remain in nominal control of the city as long as the ruler acknowledged Ahmad Shah's suzerainty over Punjab, Sindh, and Kashmir. Leaving his second son [[Timur Shah Durrani|Timur Shah]] to safeguard his interests, Ahmad Shah left India to return to Afghanistan.