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UPSC 2002: The motive behind Shahjahan’s Balkh campaign was to
(a)secure a friendly ruler in Balkh and Badakhshan which bordered Kabul
(b)conquer Samarqand and Farghana, the Mughal homelands
(c)fix the Mughal frontier on the ‘scientific line’, the Amu Daria
(d)expand the Mughal Empire beyond the sub-continent
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Not attemptedCorrect Answer: (a) secure a friendly ruler in Balkh and Badakhshan which bordered Kabul
Shahjahan’s Balkh-Badakhshan campaign aimed to install a friendly ruler in these regions north of Kabul to act as a buffer against Uzbek pressure. It was not primarily to reconquer the ancestral lands of Samarqand–Farghana, to push the frontier to the Amu Darya, or for general overseas expansion.([gktoday.in](https://www.gktoday.in/question/which-of-the-following-was-the-motive-behind-shahj?utm_source=openai))
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This question was asked in UPSC CSE Prelims 2002, GS Paper 1, as Question 51. It falls under Medieval History > Mughal Empire.
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