Afghan Conquest of Balkh

Afghan Conquest of Balkh
	Part of Campaigns of Dost Mohammad Khan
Date	Spring 1849 – January 1850
Location	Balkh Province
Result	Barakzai Afghan victory; Annexation of Balkh, Minglik, Aqcha, and Khulm.; Submission of Sheberghan, Sar-I-Pul, and Andkhui.;
Belligerents
Emirate of Kabul	Principality of Khulm; Principality of Sar-i-Pul; Principality of Mazar-i-Sharif; Emirate of Bukhara
Commanders and leaders
Dost Mohammad Khan; Mohammad Akram Khan	Mir Wali; Mahmud Khan; Shuja'al-Din #; Ishan Uraq
Strength
3,000 men	Unknown

The Afghan Conquest of Balkh took place from the spring of 1849, to January 1850. Dost Mohammad Khan returned to the throne following the First Anglo-Afghan War, and continued pursuing his ambitions for the complete reunification of Afghanistan following its collapse from the civil war among Timur Shah's sons. Dost Mohammad began had entered the region once again in 1843 after being restored to the throne in the Hazarajat Campaign of 1843, extending his influence to Bamyan and many other regions. Dost Mohammad continued his ambitions into the region especially due to external threats such as Bukhara and the Emirate of Herat.