The Battle of Langarkot (1674) was a military engagement fought in 1674 between a combined Khattak and Yusufzai tribes under the leadership of Khushal Khan Khattak and the Mughal garrison of the fort of Langarkot, commanded by the faujdar Mir Hazara. The Afghan attack caught the garrison by surprise and resulted in a decisive Afghan victory, in which Mir Hazara and forty Mughal soldiers were killed and the fort was taken.
The Battle of Langarkot (1674) was a military engagement fought in 1674 between a combined Khattak and Yusufzai tribes under the leadership of Khushal Khan Khattak and the Mughal garrison of the fort of Langarkot, commanded by the faujdar Mir Hazara. The Afghan attack caught the garrison by surprise and resulted in a decisive Afghan victory, in which Mir Hazara and forty Mughal soldiers were killed and the fort was taken.
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