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?Historians have provided accounts of diplomatic relationships and conflicts with the neighbouring political powers of the Mughal Empire.? Elaborate.

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Diplomatic relationship and conflicts with the neighbouring political power of the Mughal Empire.

(1) Tension and political rivalry between them was due to regional interests.

(2) The political and diplomatic relations between the Mughals and Iran and Turan hinged on the control of the Hindukush mountains.

(3) A constant aim of Mughal policy was to control strategic outposts -Kabul and Qandahar.

(4) Qandahar was a bone of contention between the Safavids and the Mughals.

(5) In 1613 Jahangir sent a diplomatic envoy to the court of Shah Abbas to plead for retaining Qandahar, but the mission failed.

(6) In the winter of 1622 a Persian army besieged Qandahar. The Mughal garrison was defeated and had to surrender the fortress and the city to the Safavids.

(7) The relationship between the Mughals and the Ottomans was marked by the concern to ensure tree movement for merchants and pilgrims where the important pilgrim centres of Mecca and Medina were located.

(8) The Mughal emperor usually combined religion and commerce by exporting valuable merchandise to Aden and Mokha both Red Sea Ports.