1722 - Pashtuns invade and conquor Persia

[Manzareh]

1720


MAHMUD HOTAKI successor and son of Mirwais defeat the rival Afghan ethnic tribe of the Abdalis (Durrani)

He sent the heads of the defeated Abdalis to Shah Soltan Hosein.

Making an allience between Pashtun and Persian, Mahmud is made governor of Qandahar.

SUNDAY, MARCH 8, 1722

Mahmud Hotaki breaks the alliance with Persians and sides with Pashtuns and Ashraf Khan, The Battle of Gulnabad takes place

50,000 Persians Vs 20,000 Pashtuns

The Persian Army is beautifully outfitted very pompous and magnificent, with lavish horses and uniforms, and far outnumbering the Pashtun forces
The Pashtuns were described as being in loose formations, very few in anything that appeared to be a uniform, hungry and in need of equipment

Pashtuns are truimphent and the Persians are defeated with 15,000 dead and Shah Sultan Hussain is taken captive. This being the initial destructruction of the Safavid Empire.

In the same month Mahmud turned his attention to the Isfahan the capital of persia.

The powerful Afghans seiged the capital which lasted six months. 80,000 Persians died from starvation.

In October 1722 The Pashtuns conquared Isfahan. At the age of 27 Mahmud becomes King of the whole of persia

Later Mahmud begins to succumb to insanity, He becomes mad and mysteriously dies.

[Shahenshah Mahmud Hotaki]

[graveyardofempires]

here is Empire total war version

YouTube - ‪Empire: Total War - The Battle of Gulnabad‬‏

[khushal]

Manzareh,

Do you have the link to this please.

[Manzareh]

i havnt got the link anymore i took it from an afghan site while surfing the web, but wikipedia seems to have the same, heres the link:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Gulnabad

[Manzareh]

The sun had just appeared on the horizon when the armies began to observe each other with that curiosity so natural on these dreadful occasions. The Persian army just come out of the capital, being composed of whatever was most brilliant at court, seemed as if it had been formed rather to make a show than to fight. The riches and variety of their arms and vestments, the beauty of their horses, the gold and precious stones with which some of their harnesses were covered, and the richness of their tents contributed to render the Persian camp very pompous and magnificent.
On the other side there was a much smaller body of soldiers, disfigured with fatigue and the scorching heat of the sun. Their clothes were so ragged and torn in so long a march that they were scarce sufficient to cover them from the weather, and, their horses being adorned with only leather and brass, there was nothing glittering about them but their spears and sabres....[2]


—Jonas Hanway, 1712–1786