The siege of Baghdad (1733) was a relatively short but intense siege of Baghdad by the Persian army under Nader Shah. The outcome was determined not at...

Ottoman–Safavid Wars Siege of Baghdad (1733), during the Ottoman–Persian Wars Fall of Baghdad (1917), during World War I Capture of Baghdad (1941), during World...

Seljuks Siege of Baghdad (1258), Mongol conquest of Baghdad Siege of Baghdad (1393), by Tamerlane Siege of Baghdad (1401), by Tamerlane Capture of Baghdad (1534)...

Military of the Afsharid dynasty of Persia Battle of Samara Ottoman–Persian War (1730–35) Siege of Baghdad (1733) Lockhart, Laurence, Nadir Shah: A...

The Battle of Samarra was the key engagement between the two great generals Nader Shah and Topal Osman Pasha, which led to the siege of Baghdad being lifted...

(Ottoman–Persian Wars) Siege of Baghdad (1733) – 1733 – Nader Shah's Mesopotamian campaign (Ottoman–Persian War (1730–1735)) Battle of Samarra (1733) – 1733 – Nader...

(1256) Siege of Alamut (1256) Siege of Lambsar (1256–1257) Siege of Cologne (1257) Siege of Baghdad (1258) Siege of Mayyafariqin (1258–1259) Siege of Diaoyu...

Mesopotamian Campaign of 1732-1733 was a military conflict during the eventful Perso-Ottoman war of 1730-1735. As a direct result of Tahmasp II's blunders...

The siege of Kars, in 1744, took place during the Ottoman–Persian War (1743–1746). Nader Shah, ruler of Persia, laid siege to the city of Kars on 29 July...

sect of Islam. In 1743, Nader Shah declared war on the Ottoman Empire. He demanded the surrender of Baghdad. The Persians had captured Baghdad in 1623...

The siege of Kandahar began when Nader Shah's Afsharid army invaded southern Afghanistan to topple the last Hotaki stronghold of Loy Kandahar, which was...

out to lay siege to Basra. However, the governor of Basra learned of their preparations and informed the Abbasid Caliph, al-Muktafi, in Baghdad. The Caliph...

The siege of Buda (4 May – 21 August 1541) ended with the capture of the city of Buda, the historical capital of the Kingdom of Hungary, by the Ottoman...

the Lezgis in the northernmost reaches of the Caucasus proved to be less successful and his siege of Baghdad was lifted prematurely due to an uncharacteristic...

army was routed by the Ottoman general Topal Osman Pasha near the city in 1733. Nader decided he needed to regain the initiative as soon as possible to...

markets of Baghdad, to which they brought beaver, fox pelts, and swords. Russia sent military personnel to help the Persians during the Siege of Baghdad in...

Mesopotamia again. However, because of the lengthy siege of Mosul and numerous rebellions throughout the interior of Persia the campaign was indecisive...

the Persian forces to march west and lay siege to Ganja. The battlements of Ganja as well as its garrison of 14,000 soldiers provided a formidable defence...

route of the imperial army allowed him to march on the capital Isfahan which he captured after a 6-month siege that caused unheard misery and loss of life...

The Battle of Khyber Pass (Persian: نبرد تنگه خیبر) was an engagement fought on 26 November 1738 between the Afsharid Iran of Nader Shah and the Mughal...

Osman Pasha near the city in 1733. the soldiers under the command of Mohammad Khan Baloch to besiege finally, after hours of fighting, Nader's troops were...

estimated strength of 25,000. Leaving a token force behind to resume the siege of Semnan Ashraf marched east towards Shahroud sending a fraction of his command...

substantially with Ottoman aid Ashraf marched out of an Isfahan even more destitute than at the time of Mahmud's siege. Moving north the Afghans reached a defensible...

army of 50,000 cavalry, 30,000 infantry plus 40 guns in order to find and bring Nader's main force to battle with the purpose of lifting the sieges of Ottoman...

pp. 322–323. Mahdī Khān Astarābādī, active 1733-1759 (1773). The history of the life of Nader Shah, King of Persia. Extracted from an Eastern manuscript...

(Turco-Italian War, Balkan Wars, and World War I ) as well as the sieges (like the sieges of Constantinople, Cairo, Belgrade, Bagdad, etc.) which most lists...

The siege of Mosul was the siege of the Ottoman-held city of Mosul in northern Mesopotamia by Nader Shah's army during the Persian invasion of the Ottoman...

still going on. After the failure of the second Siege of Vienna (1683) the Holy League had captured large parts of the Empire's territory in Europe. The...

of Nader's crippling defeat and expulsion from Ottoman Baghdad, the commander who was put in charge of the 12,000 soldiers to maintain the siege of the...

The liberation of Isfahan was a direct result of the Battle of Murche-Khort in which the Iranian army under Nader Shah attacked and routed Ashraf Hotak's...