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The siege of Isfahan (Persian: سقوط اصفهان) was a six-month-long siege of Isfahan, the capital of the Safavid dynasty of Iran, by the Hotaki-led Afghan army.It lasted from March to October 1722 and resulted in the city's fall and the beginning of the end of the Safavid dynasty.
The siege of Isfahan was a siege of the city of Isfahan by the army of Timur in 1387. Background
For this purpose, he organized a group of 30,000 troops under the leadership of Allahverdi Khan Kirkhli and sent them to Isfahan. That group of troops headed towards Shiraz from Isfahan. Allahverdi Khan and his troops camped in a place called Shah Bagh near Shiraz. Taghi Khan first decided to engage in battle with Allahverdi Khan outside the ...
He planned to conquer the Persian capital, Isfahan. [15] After defeating the Persian army at the Battle of Gulnabad on March 8, 1722, he proceeded to besiege Isfahan. [16] The siege lasted about six months and the people of Isfahan were in such a state of hunger that they were forced to eat rats and dogs. [17]
1598 - Isfahan becomes capital of the Safavid Empire; Abbas I of Persia in power. [9] 1602 Si-o-seh pol (bridge) ... 1722 - Siege of Isfahan by Afghan forces. [9]
In a pitched battle Mahmud inflicted a humiliating defeat on the Imperial forces sent from Isfehan in the battle of Gulnabad, after which he marched on the capital itself where he captured Isfehan after a terrible siege. A courtier in Isfahan by the name of Malek Mahmoud Sistani reached an accord with the Hotaki Afghan conquerors in which he ...
The Afghan Hotaks had overthrown the Safavid dynasty from power in Persia, and began centralizing rule in Iran after the battle of Gulnabad and siege of Isfahan. The Ottomans capitalized off the Hotak expansion to invade the waning Safavids, which brought conflict with the Hotaks, who saw themselves as the legitimate rulers of all Persia, and ...
Siege of Isfahan; Siege of Tabriz (1501) Siege of Van (1548) Siege of Yerevan (1635) Battle of Sufiyan; T. Safavid capture of Tabriz (1603)