Battle of Gulnabad
1722 battle between the Safavid and Hotaki Empires in Isfahan, Iran / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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 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.
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Part of Hotaki-Safavid War | |||||||
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Safavid Empire | Hotaki dynasty | ||||||
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Mohammad Qoli Khan Ali Mardan Khan Rustam Khan † Philippe Colombe † Seyyed Abdollah[1] |
Mahmud Hotaki Amanullah Khan Nesrollah[1] Ashraf Hotaki | ||||||
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5,000–15,000[4][7] | Unknown |
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