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The siege of Isfahan was a siege of the city of Isfahan by the army of Timur in 1387. Background
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.
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]
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.
After the conclusion of the Siege of Isfahan, Mamud sent a contingent of his Afghans to subdue Qazvin where a new Safavid pretender Tahmasp had risen and proclaimed himself Shah. He was forced to flee Qazvin but could not stay in the region permanently as those areas not under Afghan control were unremittingly coming under the marching boots of ...
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]
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Siege of Isfahan; K. Siege of Kabul (1504) ... Siege of Khost; M. Siege of Malakand; Mughal sieges of Kandahar (1649–1653) S. Siege of the Sherpur Cantonment; U.