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|date=29 September 1729 | ||
| |place= Mehmandust near ] | |place= Mehmandust near ] | ||
| |result=] victory. | |result=] victory. | ||
| |combatant1=] | |combatant1=] | ||
| |combatant2=] | |combatant2=] | ||
| |commander1=]<br/> |
|commander1=]<br/>]<br/>]<br/>]<br/>]<ref></ref> | ||
| |commander2=]<br/>Mohammad Seidal<br/> |
|commander2=]<br/>]<br/>]] | ||
| |strength1= 32,000 | |strength1= 32,000 | ||
| |strength2= 30,000 | |strength2= 30,000 | ||
| |casualties1= 5,700 | |casualties1= 5,700 | ||
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|casualties2= 20,000 | ||
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| The '''Battle of Damghan''' was fought |
The '''Battle of Damghan''' was fought in September 1729, near the city of ], between Iranian rebels and the ] army under ]. The Iranians were led by ], and consisted of mainly ] tribesmen of the northern ],<ref>Michael Axworthy's biography of Nader, ''The Sword of Persia'' (I.B. Tauris, 2006), p.17-19: "His father was of lowly but respectable status, a herdsman of the Afshar tribe ... The Qereqlu Afshars to whom Nader's father belonged were a semi-nomadic Turcoman tribe settled in Khorasan in north-eastern Iran ... The tribes of Khorasan were for the most part linguistically distinct from the Persian-speaking population, speaking Turkic or Kurdish languages. Nader's mother tongue was a dialect of the language group spoken by the Turkic tribes of Iran and Central Asia, and he would have quickly learned Persian, the language of high culture and the cities as he grew older; But the Turkic language was always his preferred everyday speech, unless he was dealing with someone who knew only Persian."</ref> while the Hotaki army consisted of mostly ethnic ] tribesmen, of the ]. The battle was followed by another one in Murcheh-Khort, a village near ]. Nadir Beg's forces were victorious in both battles, which led him to remove the Hotaki dynasty from the Iranian throne. The Ghilzai were forced back to their territory in what is now southern ].<ref>Packard Humanities Institute - Persian Literature in Translation - Chapter IV: ''An Outline Of The History Of Persia During The Last Two Centuries''...</ref> | ||
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| == References == | == References == | ||
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| Battle of Damghan | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Safavid Empire | Ghilzai Pashtuns | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Nader Quli Khan Lotf Ali Khan Tahmasp Khan Jalayer Fath Ali Khan Kayani Latif Khan |
Ashraf Khan Mohammad Seidal Nasrollah KhanZebardast Khan | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 32,000 | 30,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 5,700 | 20,000 | ||||||
The Battle of Damghan was fought in September 1729, near the city of Damghan, between Iranian rebels and the Hotaki army under Ashraf Khan. The Iranians were led by Nāder Qoli Beg, and consisted of mainly Turkmen tribesmen of the northern Afshar, while the Hotaki army consisted of mostly ethnic Pashtun tribesmen, of the Ghilzai. The battle was followed by another one in Murcheh-Khort, a village near Isfahan. Nadir Beg's forces were victorious in both battles, which led him to remove the Hotaki dynasty from the Iranian throne. The Ghilzai were forced back to their territory in what is now southern Afghanistan.
References
- The Battle of Mehmandost by Greg Savvinos
- Michael Axworthy's biography of Nader, The Sword of Persia (I.B. Tauris, 2006), p.17-19: "His father was of lowly but respectable status, a herdsman of the Afshar tribe ... The Qereqlu Afshars to whom Nader's father belonged were a semi-nomadic Turcoman tribe settled in Khorasan in north-eastern Iran ... The tribes of Khorasan were for the most part linguistically distinct from the Persian-speaking population, speaking Turkic or Kurdish languages. Nader's mother tongue was a dialect of the language group spoken by the Turkic tribes of Iran and Central Asia, and he would have quickly learned Persian, the language of high culture and the cities as he grew older; But the Turkic language was always his preferred everyday speech, unless he was dealing with someone who knew only Persian."
- Packard Humanities Institute - Persian Literature in Translation - Chapter IV: An Outline Of The History Of Persia During The Last Two Centuries...THE AFGHÁN INVASION (A.D. 1722-1730)
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