Battle_of_Gulnabad

Battle of Gulnabad

Battle of Gulnabad

1722 battle between the Safavid and Hotaki Empires in Isfahan, Iran

The Battle of Gulnabad (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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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.

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References

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