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Battle of Gulnabad

1722 battle in Iran

Field	Value
conflict	Hotaki-Safavid War
partof	Afghan Rebellions of 1709–1726
image	Battleofgulnabad.png
image_size	300px
caption	A diagram of the battle as well as casualties
date	Sunday, March 8, 1722
place	Golūnābād, Isfahan, Iran
result	Hotaki victory
combatant1	Safavid Flag.svg Safavid Empire
combatant2	Black flag.svg Hotak Dynasty
commander1	Safavid Flag.svg Mohammad Qoli Khan
Safavid Flag.svg Ali Mardan Khan
Safavid Flag.svg Rustam Khan
Safavid Flag.svg Philippe Colombe
Safavid Flag.svg Seyyed Abdollah
commander2	Black flag.svg Mahmud Hotak
Black flag.svg Ashraf Hotak
Black flag.svg Amanullah Khan
Black flag.svg Nesrollah
name	"Axworthy-47"/
strength1	42,000–50,000+

strength2	10,000–11,000
casualties1	5,000–15,000
casualties2	Unknown

Safavid Flag.svg Ali Mardan Khan Safavid Flag.svg Rustam Khan Safavid Flag.svg Philippe Colombe Safavid Flag.svg Seyyed Abdollah Black flag.svg Ashraf Hotak Black flag.svg Amanullah Khan Black flag.svg Nesrollah name="Axworthy-47"/

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100 zamburaks The Battle of Gulnabad (; ) 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

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.

References

Axworthy (2006), p. 47.
Axworthy, Michael (2009). ''The Sword of Persia: Nader Shah, from tribal warrior to conquering tyrant'', p. 75. I.B. Tauris
(1878). "History of Afghanistan, from the Earliest Period to the Outbreak of the War of 1878". Elibron.com.
"An Outline of the History of Persia During the Last Two CenturiesAN (A.D. 1722–1922)". [[Packard Humanities Institute]].
''A Global Chronology of Conflict: From the Ancient World to the Modern Middle East'', ed. Spencer C. Tucker, (ABC-CLIO, 2010), 726.
Axworthy, Michael(2009). ''The Sword of Persia: Nader Shah, from tribal warrior to conquering tyrant'', p. 45. I.B. Tauris
(2006). "The Sword of Persia: Nader Shah, from Tribal Warrior to Conquering Tyrant". [[I.B. Tauris]].

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