result, Qilij Khan, seeking to delay the Afghan advance further, deployed around 3,000 cavalrymen up the road to Sheberghan. A nine-hour battle engaged, which resulted in the complete annihilation of the Sar-I-Pul detachment sent by Qilij Khan. With this victory, Afzal Khan led his armies to Sar-I-Pul, besieging the city where Qilij Khan attempted hold a Last stand in the citadel. After the Afghans stormed the city, Qilij Khan fled to Maimana alongside three thousand Arab families. Sar-I-Pul's governance was now handed to a Mohammadzai Afghan governor so that it would not face issues with rebellion again. This left Maimana as the remaining independent Uzbek state left in the Chahar Wilayat. Situation in Maimana, Herat and the Jamshidi revolt (1860-1862) A few weeks following the fall of Sar-I-Pul and end of the Chahar Wilayat rebellion, envoys from Hukumat Khan arrived in Afzal Khan's camp to discuss terms. In August 1860, Afzal Khan sent a detachment of men to Maimana to negotiate the return of the Arab's who fled from Sar-I-Pul along Qilij Khan. While in Maimana, the Afghan ambassadors noticed that a Persian officer present in the city, signifying that Maimana had sent envoys to Persia to ask for assistance on the approaching threat of the Afghans. The Persians during this time were in conflict with Teke tribes. As a result, Hukumat Khan, having been promised Persian protection, was confident enough to expel Afzal Khan's ambassador. Hakim Khan, the beglarbegi of Sheberghan, took advantage of his visit to Maimana by seeking asylum with Hukumat Khan, and not returning to Afghan territory to govern Sheberghan. Afzal Khan, enraged by the actions of Hukumat Khan and Hakim Khan, asked Dost Mohammad Khan for permission to lead an expedition to Maimana. Dost Mohammad Khan advised Afzal Khan that he should focus on consolidating his rule over Sar-I-Pul, as Afghan forces in Balkh were already overextended, before attacking Hukumat Khan. Nonetheless, Afzal Khan mobilized for conflict and sent to columns of men from Sar-I-Pul and Sheberghan to attack Maimana. In early October 1860, Persian forces were routed by Teke forces near Merv, thus crushing any hopes of Persian assistance against the Afghans. A short while after this, Nasrullah Khan of Bukhara died, being succeeded by Muzaffar bin Nasrullah, who was busy with facing rebellions and consolidating his country following the succession to lend any aid toward Maimana. Afzal Khan's army marched within 18 miles