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Title
Safavid Restoration
Description
Battle of Damghan (1729)
Subject
Source
Publisher
Date
1729-09-29
Scenario#
SP04
Location
Mehmandost, Iran
Battle Name
Battle Narrative
The Battle of Damghan) or Battle of Mehmandoost was fought on September 29 to October 5, 1729, near the city of Damghan. It resulted in an overwhelming victory for Nader and the Safavid cause he had taken up, though by itself it did not end Ashraf's rule in Iran, it was a significant triumph which led to further successes in the following engagements of the campaign to restore Tahmasp II to the throne. The battle was followed by another one in Murcheh-Khort, a village near Isfahan. Nader's forces were victorious in both battles, which led him to remove the Ghilzai Afghan dynasty from their short stay on the Persian throne. The Hotakis were forced back to their territory in what is now southern Afghanistan. The battle of Damghan proved the supremacy of Nader's artillery-dependent military system in comparison to the old exclusively cavalry based system utilised by the Afghans. Although Ashraf sought to remedy this in the subsequent engagement at Murcheh-Khort - relying on guns and artillery-men from the Ottomans - he failed to construct an adequate military structure to hold up against Nader's army.
Narrative Source
Wikipedia: Battle of Damghan (1729)
External Link
Combatants
Safavid Loyalists
Hotaki Dynasty
Additional Information
Campaigns of Nader Shah
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