Passage: Abdali invaded the Mughal Empire seven times from 1748 to 1767. According to Jaswant Lal Mehta, Durrani aroused the Afghans "religious passions" to fire and "sword into the land of infidels India." He crossed the Khyber pass in December 1747 with 40,000 troops for his first invasion of India. He occupied Peshawar without any opposition. He first crossed the Indus River in 1748, the year after his ascension - his forces sacked and absorbed Lahore. The following year , the Mughal ruler was induced to cede Sindh and all of the Punjab including the vital trans Indus River to him, in order to save his capital from being attacked by the forces of the Durrani Empire. Having thus gained substantial territories to the east without a fight, Durrani and his forces turned westward to take possession of Herat, which was ruled by Nader Shah's grandson, Shah Rukh. The city fell to the Afghans in 1750, after almost a year of siege and bloody conflict; the Afghan forces then pushed on into present-day Iran, capturing Nishapur and Mashhad in 1751. Durrani then pardoned Shah Rukh and reconstituted Khorasan, but a tributary of the Durrani Empire. This marked the westernmost border of the Afghan Empire as set by the Pul-i-Abrisham, on the Mashhad-Tehran road.
Afghan forces captured Mashhad how many years after Abdali crossed the Indus River? How many times Abdali invaded the Mughal Empire? How many years after crossing the Khyber pass did the city of Herat fall? How many years after the fall of Herat were Nishapur and Mashhad captured? How many years did Abdali's invasions of the Mughal Empire last? In how many years did it take for Abdali to invade the Mughal Empire 7 times? What city was captured by Abdali in 1750? What relation was Shah Rukh to Nader Shah? When did Afghans take Herat? When was the last time Abdali invaded the Mughal Empire? Which city was captured first by Abdali, Herat or Nishapur? Which was crossed first, the Khyber pass or the Indus River? Which was taken first, Peshawar or Lahore? Who invaded India? Who was forcing to take possession of Herat?