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{{Short description|1722 battle between the Safavid and Hotaki Empires in Isfahan, Iran}}
{{Short description|1722 battle between the Safavid and Hotaki Empires in Isfahan, Iran}}
{{Infobox military conflict
{{Infobox military conflict
| conflict = Battle of Gulnabad
| conflict = Hotaki-Safavid War
| partof = Hotaki-Safavid War
| partof = Hotaki-Safavid War
| image = Battleofgulnabad.png
| image = Battleofgulnabad.png
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| date = Sunday, March 8, 1722
| date = Sunday, March 8, 1722
| place = [[Jilanabad|Golūnābād]], [[Isfahan Province|Isfahan]], [[Iran]]
| place = [[Jilanabad|Golūnābād]], [[Isfahan Province|Isfahan]], [[Iran]]
| result = [[Hotak dynasty ]] victory
| result = [[Hotak dynasty|Hotak Afghan]] victory
| combatant1 = {{flagicon image|Safavid Flag.svg}} [[Safavid Empire]]
| combatant1 = {{flagicon image|Safavid Flag.svg}} [[Safavid Empire]]
| combatant2 = {{flagicon image|Black flag.svg}} [[Hotaki dynasty]]
| combatant2 = {{flagicon image|Black flag.svg}} [[Hotak dynasty|Hotak Dynasty]]
| commander1 = {{flagicon image|Safavid Flag.svg}} Mohammad Qoli Khan<br/>{{flagicon image|Safavid Flag.svg}} [[Ali Mardan Khan]]<br/>{{flagicon image|Safavid Flag.svg}} [[Prince Rostom of Kartli|Rustam Khan]]{{KIA}}<br/>{{flagicon image|Safavid Flag.svg}} [[Philippe Colombe]]{{KIA}}<br/>{{flagicon image|Safavid Flag.svg}} Seyyed Abdollah<ref name="Axworthy-47">Axworthy (2006), p. 47.</ref>
| commander1 = {{flagicon image|Safavid Flag.svg}} Mohammad Qoli Khan<br/>{{flagicon image|Safavid Flag.svg}} [[Ali Mardan Khan]]<br/>{{flagicon image|Safavid Flag.svg}} [[Prince Rostom of Kartli|Rustam Khan]]{{KIA}}<br/>{{flagicon image|Safavid Flag.svg}} [[Philippe Colombe]]{{KIA}}<br/>{{flagicon image|Safavid Flag.svg}} Seyyed Abdollah<ref name="Axworthy-47">Axworthy (2006), p. 47.</ref>
| commander2 = {{flagicon image|Black flag.svg}} [[Mahmud Hotaki]]<br/>{{flagicon image|Black flag.svg}}Amanullah Khan<br/>{{flagicon image|Black flag.svg}} Nesrollah<ref
| commander2 = {{flagicon image|Black flag.svg}} [[Mahmud Hotak]]<br/>{{flagicon image|Black flag.svg}} [[Ashraf Hotak]]<br>{{flagicon image|Black flag.svg}} Amanullah Khan<br/>{{flagicon image|Black flag.svg}} Nesrollah<ref
name="Axworthy-47"/><br/>{{flagicon image|Black flag.svg}} [[Ashraf Hotaki]]
name="Axworthy-47"/><br/>
| strength1 = 42,000–50,000+<ref>Axworthy, Michael (2009). ''The Sword of Persia: Nader Shah, from tribal warrior to conquering tyrant'', p. 75. I.B. Tauris</ref><ref name="Malleson">{{Cite book|title=History of Afghanistan, from the Earliest Period to the Outbreak of the War of 1878|last1=Malleson|first1=George Bruce|year=1878|publisher=Elibron.com|location=London|isbn=1-4021-7278-8|page=246|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pqNGBEmHUd4C&pg=PA246|access-date=2010-09-27}}</ref><ref name="Packard">{{Cite web|url=http://persian.packhum.org/persian/pf?file=90001014&ct=30 |title=An Outline of the History of Persia During the Last Two CenturiesAN (A.D. 1722–1922)|page=30|work=Edward G. Browne|publisher=[[Packard Humanities Institute]]|location=London|access-date=2010-09-24}}</ref><br/>
| strength1 = 42,000–50,000+<ref>Axworthy, Michael (2009). ''The Sword of Persia: Nader Shah, from tribal warrior to conquering tyrant'', p. 75. I.B. Tauris</ref><ref name="Malleson">{{Cite book|title=History of Afghanistan, from the Earliest Period to the Outbreak of the War of 1878|last1=Malleson|first1=George Bruce|year=1878|publisher=Elibron.com|location=London|isbn=1-4021-7278-8|page=246|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pqNGBEmHUd4C&pg=PA246|access-date=2010-09-27}}</ref><ref name="Packard">{{Cite web|url=http://persian.packhum.org/persian/pf?file=90001014&ct=30 |title=An Outline of the History of Persia During the Last Two CenturiesAN (A.D. 1722–1922)|page=30|work=Edward G. Browne|publisher=[[Packard Humanities Institute]]|location=London|access-date=2010-09-24}}</ref><br/>
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*24 cannon
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| casualties2 = Unknown
| casualties2 = Unknown
}}
}}
{{More citations needed|date=August 2021}}
{{Campaignbox Ashraf Hotak}}
{{Campaignbox Ashraf Hotak}}
The '''Battle of Gulnabad''' ({{Lang-ps|ده ګلونآبد جنګ|translit=Dh Gulonābād Džng}}; {{Lang-fa|نبرد گلون‌آباد|translit=Nabard-e Golūnābād}}) was fought between the [[military of Afghanistan#History|military forces]] from [[Afghanistan#Hotaki dynasty and Durrani Empire|Hotaki Dynasty]] and the army of the [[Safavid dynasty|Safavid Empire]] on Sunday, March 8, 1722. It further cemented the eventual fall of the [[Safavid dynasty]], which had been declining for decades.
The '''Battle of Gulnabad''' ({{Langx|ps|ده ګلونآبد جنګ|translit=Dh Gulonābād Džng}}; {{Langx|fa|نبرد گلون‌آباد|translit=Nabard-e Golūnābād}}) was fought between the [[military of Afghanistan#History|military forces]] from the [[Hotak dynasty]] and the army of the [[Safavid dynasty|Safavid Empire]] on Sunday, March 8, 1722. It further cemented the eventual fall of the [[Safavid dynasty]], which had been declining for decades.


==Aftermath==
==Aftermath==
After the battle was won, the Hotaks began slowly but surely to march on deeper into [[Persia]], and eventually towards [[Siege of Isfahan|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.
After the battle was won, the Hotak Afghans began slowly but surely to march on deeper into [[Iran|Persia]], and eventually towards [[Siege of Isfahan|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==
==See also==
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[[Category:Battles involving Safavid Iran|Gulnabad]]
[[Category:Battles involving Safavid Iran|Gulnabad]]
[[Category:Battles involving Afghanistan|Gulnabad]]
[[Category:Battles involving Afghanistan|Gulnabad]]
[[Category:History of Razavi Khorasan Province]]
[[Category:History of Razavi Khorasan province]]

Latest revision as of 12:24, 19 December 2024

Hotaki-Safavid War
Part of Hotaki-Safavid War

A diagram of the battle as well as casualties
DateSunday, March 8, 1722
Location
Golūnābād, Isfahan, Iran
Result Hotak Afghan victory
Belligerents
Safavid Empire Hotak Dynasty
Commanders and leaders
Mohammad Qoli Khan
Ali Mardan Khan
Rustam Khan †
Philippe Colombe †
Seyyed Abdollah[1]		 Mahmud Hotak
Ashraf Hotak
Amanullah Khan
Nesrollah[1]
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 (Pashto: ده ګلونآبد جنګ, romanized: Dh Gulonābād Džng; Persian: نبرد گلون‌آباد, romanized: Nabard-e Golūnābād) was fought between the military forces from the Hotak 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

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After the battle was won, the Hotak Afghans 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

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References

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  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. ^ Malleson, George Bruce (1878). History of Afghanistan, from the Earliest Period to the Outbreak of the War of 1878. London: Elibron.com. p. 246. ISBN 1-4021-7278-8. 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. ^ Axworthy, Michael (2006). The Sword of Persia: Nader Shah, from Tribal Warrior to Conquering Tyrant. London: I.B. Tauris. p. 50. ISBN 1-85043-706-8. Retrieved 2010-09-27.

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