Battle of Gulnabad explained

Conflict:	Battle of Gulnabad
Partof:	Hotaki-Safavid War
Date:	Sunday, March 8, 1722
Place:	Golūnābād, Isfahan, Iran
Result:	Hotaki dynasty victory
Combatant1:	Safavid Empire
Combatant2:	Hotaki dynasty
Commander1:	Mohammad Qoli Khan Ali Mardan Khan Rustam Khan Philippe Colombe Seyyed Abdollah^[1]
Commander2:	Mahmud Hotaki Amanullah Khan Nesrollah Ashraf Hotaki
Strength1:	42,000-50,000+^[2] ^[3] ^[4] 24 cannon
Strength2:	10,000^[5] –11,000^[6] 100 zamburaks
Casualties1:	5,000–15,000^[7]
Casualties2:	Unknown

The Battle of Gulnabad (;) 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.

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

• Battle of Damghan

Further reading

• Axworthy, Michael (2006). The Sword of Persia: Nader Shah, from Tribal Warrior to Conquering Tyrant. I.B. Tauris, London.
• Malleson, George Bruce. History of Afghanistan, from the Earliest Period to the Outbreak of the War of 1878. Elibron.com, London.
• J. P. Ferrier (1858). History of the Afghans. Publisher: Murray.

External links

• World Timelines – Battle of Gulnabad: Afghans defeat Safavids and take control of most of Persia
• Conflicts, some details on the battle
• Battle of Gulnabad, brief

Notes and References

1. 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. Book: History of Afghanistan, from the Earliest Period to the Outbreak of the War of 1878. Malleson. George Bruce. 1878. Elibron.com. London. 1-4021-7278-8. 246. 2010-09-27.
4. Web site: An Outline of the History of Persia During the Last Two CenturiesAN (A.D. 1722–1922). 30. Edward G. Browne. Packard Humanities Institute. London. 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. Book: The Sword of Persia: Nader Shah, from Tribal Warrior to Conquering Tyrant. Axworthy. Michael. 2006. I.B. Tauris. London. 1-85043-706-8. 50. 2010-09-27.