 Nadir Shah Afshar, having defeated the Pushtun Hotaki ruler Mir Hussain Hotaki in Herat and Ghazni in 1738, attempted to invade India.After his defeat, Mir Hussain Hotaki agreed to send Pushtun forces with the army of Nadir Shah.There were 12,000 Abdali (Durrani) and 4,000 Pushtun Khilji soldiers in this army.