Battle of the Amu Darya

Battle of the Amu Darya (1788–1789) was a series of engagements and manoeuvres fought between forces of the Durrani Empire under Timur Shah Durrani and the forces of the Emirate of Bukhara under Shah Murad Khan along the Amu Darya and in the districts of Balkh, Aqcha and Qataghan. The campaign combined sieges, large-scale marches across the Hindu Kush and a decisive field engagement in which Bukharan columns were heavily beaten. The result was a negotiated settlement that largely reaffirmed earlier agreements but left the Durrani position in the north precarious.