Battle of Gulnabad

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Battle of Gulnabad
Part of Hotaki-Safavid War
Isfahan, Iran
Result
Hotaki
victory
Belligerents
Safavid Empire
Hotaki dynasty
Commanders and leaders Mohammad Qoli Khan
Ali Mardan Khan
Rustam Khan 
Philippe Colombe 
Seyyed Abdollah[1]
Ashraf Hotaki
Strength

42,000–50,000+[2][3][4]

  • 24 cannon

10,000[5]–11,000[6]

Casualties and losses 5,000–15,000[4][7] Unknown

The Battle of Gulnabad (

military forces from Hotaki Dynasty and the army of the Safavid Empire on Sunday, March 8, 1722. It further cemented the eventual fall of the Safavid dynasty
, which had been declining for decades.

Aftermath

After the battle was won, the Hotaks began slowly but surely to march on deeper into

Persia, and eventually towards Isfahan
, the Safavid Persian capital. Numbers and casualty figures of the Gulnabad battle are believed to be between 5,000 and 15,000 dead Safavid soldiers.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Axworthy (2006), p. 47.
  2. ^ Axworthy, Michael (2009). The Sword of Persia: Nader Shah, from tribal warrior to conquering tyrant, p. 75. I.B. Tauris
  3. . Retrieved 2010-09-27.
  4. ^ a b "An Outline of the History of Persia During the Last Two CenturiesAN (A.D. 1722–1922)". Edward G. Browne. London: Packard Humanities Institute. p. 30. Retrieved 2010-09-24.
  5. ^ A Global Chronology of Conflict: From the Ancient World to the Modern Middle East, ed. Spencer C. Tucker, (ABC-CLIO, 2010), 726.
  6. ^ Axworthy, Michael(2009). The Sword of Persia: Nader Shah, from tribal warrior to conquering tyrant, p. 45. I.B. Tauris
  7. . Retrieved 2010-09-27.

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