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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.
Siege of Isfahan; Part of Timurid Wars: The sacking of Isfahan. Scene of looting, murder and pillage in which molten metal is poured down a victim's throat. From a sixteenth century manuscript of Hatifi's Timurnama. Produced in Bukhara, mid-16th century
Isfahan is located at the intersection of the two principal routes that traverse Iran, north–south and east–west. Isfahan flourished between the 9th and 18th centuries. Under the Safavid Empire, Isfahan became the capital of Iran, for the second time in its history, under Abbas the Great. The city retains much of its history.
"(Isfahan)". Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran. Harvard University. Primary-source materials related to the social and cultural history of women's worlds in Qajar Iran "(Isfahan)", Asnad.org: Digital Persian Archive, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Image Database of Persian Historical Documents from Iran and Central Asia up to the 20th Century
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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 Afghan army. [1] [2] The day after Murche-Khort on November 16, 1729 Nader marched his army into Isfahan where the looting and mob violence that had gripped the city in the chaotic aftermath of Ashraf's departure ceased immediately.
Tehran, Qajar Iran: 54 Persian Mujahideen, Employees of the British mission in Iran Mass murder of members of the Russian embassy and the Armenian refugees they sheltered. Subsequently, the Mujahideen killed almost the entire Russian embassy 1903 Isfahan anti-Baháʼí riots: 1903 Isfahan: Unknown Crowds 1910 Shiraz blood libel: 30 October 1910 ...
Isfahan (here depicted from the north-to-south direction), as the capital of Iran, was the ultimate objective of Nader's campaign for the liberation of Iran from Hotaki rule. Nader liberated Isfahan and soon after received Tahmasp II outside the main city gates where the Shah expressed his gratitude to Nader.