The result of the battle was an overwhelming victory for the Persians, opening up the path ahead to invade the crown-lands of the Mughal Empire of Muhammad Shah.

At this point in time, intelligence reports came in that the governors of Kabul & Peshawar had raised an army of some 20,000, mostly Afghan warriors, and despite receiving no aid from Delhi, they were intent on resisting Nader's incursion upon their lands.

The position that had been chosen by the Afghans to resist the Persian army could scarcely have been better selected, as through the narrow pass of Khyber, only a small column of men could hope to march and any deployment into fighting formations would be an impossibility.

Beginning an epic flank-march of over 80 kilometres through some of the most unnavigable terrain in Asia, Nader reached close to Ali-Masjed where the 10,000 troops of his army curved their route of march northwards and onto the eastern end of the Khyber Pass.

The Mughal army, which the governor of Lahore had arrayed against the onslaught of the invaders, was routed when Nader pounced upon it from an unexpected direction forcing the remainder to withdraw to the city walls and shortly afterwards surrender as well as pay a heavy tribute in gold.