The motive behind Shahjahan’s Balkh campaign was to
- Asecure a friendly ruler in Balkh and Badakhshan which bordered Kabul
- Bconquer Samarqand and Farghana, the Mughal homelandsCorrect
- Cfix the Mughal frontier on the ‘scientific line’, the Amu Daria
- Dexpand the Mughal Empire beyond the sub-continent
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