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    Battle of Zarghan was the last battle of Ashraf Hotaki's career as a statesman. Having been repeatedly bludgeoned by Nader's army through the Battles...
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    exact fate in the aftermath of the battle. Battle of Damghan (1729) Battle of Khwar Pass Battle of Murche-Khort Battle of Zarghan Sharafi Safa, Habib; Ali...
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    few kilometres north of Isfahan itself. Battle of Murche-Khort Liberation of Isfahan Battle of Zarghan Michael Axworthy, The Sword of Persia: Nader Shah...
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    Reza Qoli Mirza Afshar (category Date of birth unknown)
    eventually defeating the Hotak army in Battle of Zarghan. As a reward for his endeavours, Nader became the governor of several provinces. Moreover, to cement...
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    This is a list of wars involving Afghanistan. دلجو, عباس (2014). تاریخ باستانی هزاره ها. کابل: انتشارات امیری. ISBN 9936801504. Ritter, William S. (1990)...
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    The Battle of Yeghevārd, also known as the Battle of Baghavard or Morad Tapeh, was the final major engagement of the Perso-Ottoman War of 1730–1735 where...
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    The Battle of Karnal (Persian: نبرد کرنال) (24 February 1739) was a decisive victory for Nader Shah, the founder of the Afsharid dynasty of Iran, during...
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    The Battle of Khyber Pass (Persian: نبرد تنگه خیبر) was an engagement fought in the mid-eighteenth century between the Afsharid Iran of Nader Shah and...
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  • Saki. "Encyclopedia of the World of Islam". L.Lee, Johnathan (1996). The 'Ancient Supremacy': Bukhara, Afghanistan & the Battle for Balkh, 1731–1901...
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  • townspeople Battle of Zarghan 15 January - The Afghan Hotak Dynasty is expelled from Persia. Patrona Halil Rebellion - ended Tulip period Herat Campaign of 1731...
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  • The Battle of Sangan (Persian: نبرد سنگان, romanized: Nabard-e Sangān), was an engagement involving the Loyalist forces of Tahmasp II of Safavid Iran led...
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    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...
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    the valley of Malayer to give battle in the hope of ending the Persian advance on Hamadan. The Ottoman force of ~30.000 men arrayed in front of the 25.000...
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  • governor of Bandar Abbas fled to Shiraz, and the Battle of Zarghan on 15 January 1730 destroyed the Afghan effort completely. Various groups of Afghans...
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    The Battle of Kirkuk (Persian: نبرد کرکوک), also known as the Battle of Agh-Darband (Persian: نبرد آق‌دربند), was the last battle in Nader Shah's Mesopotamian...
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    The Battle of Kafer Qal'eh was a series of clashes which decided the outcome to the Herat Campaign. In its culminating stage the battle bears some resemblances...
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    The Battle of Murche-Khort (Persian: نبرد مورچه‌خورت) was the last decisive engagement of Nader's campaign to restore Tahmasp II to the Persian throne...
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  • called Zarghan and make it his command center. Little that he knew Ebrahim Kalantar, and Agha Mohammad Khan Ghajar prepared a huge assault on Zarghan. He...
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    Caucasus Campaign (1735) (category Battles involving the Ottoman Empire)
    coast of the Black Sea ([citation needed]) descending down into the Caucasus in order to aid Koprulu Pasha's forces. Siege of Ganja Battle of Baghavard...
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    The Battle of Damghan (Persian: نبرد دامغان) or Battle of Mehmandoost (Persian: نبرد مهماندوست) was fought on September 29 to October 5, 1729, near the...
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    The liberation of Isfahan was a direct result of the Battle of Murche-Khort in which the Persian army under Nader Shah attacked and routed Ashraf Hotak's...
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  • However, there is no mention of any pitched battle around Andalal, or anywhere else during the withdrawal, in any of the primary or secondary material...
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    Nader Shah's Central Asian campaign (category History of Central Asia)
    The next battle saw Nader Shah facing the army of Ilbars Khan, which included among others 30,000 Uzbek and Turkmen horsemen. In the battle, the Persian...
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    The Battle of Kars (19 August 1745) was the last major engagement of the Ottoman-Persian War. The battle resulted in the complete and utter destruction...
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  • (Campaigns of Nader Shah) Liberation of Isfahan – 1729 – Restoration of Tahmasp II to the Safavid throne (Campaigns of Nader Shah) Battle of Zarghan – 1730...
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    The siege of Kars, in 1744, occurred during the Ottoman-Persian War of 1743-1746. Nader Shah, ruler of Persia, laid siege to the city on 29 July 1744....
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    After the succession of setbacks the Abdalis of Herat had faced in the campaign Allahyar Khan decided to sully out for a last engagement to decide the...
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    the support of some of the local Arab tribes. At this juncture there was no realistic hope for a revival of Afghan fortunes and near Zarghan the Iranian...
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    Zarqan (redirect from Zarghan)
    during 1791. Historically, Zaqan counted as the battle field among Afghan and Afshari dynasty. At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population...
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    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...
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