User:Amirak/List of Nader Shah's Battles
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List of Nader Shah's Battles
| Battle | Year | Opponent | Place | Strength (Nader / Foe) |
Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under Tahmasp II of Safavid Dynasty | |||||
| Battle of Damghan (aka Battle of Mehmandoost) |
Sept. 1729 |  Ashraf Hotak |
Damghan | N 20,000 F 40,000 |
Victory |
| Battle of Murche-Khort | Nov. 1729 | Ashraf Hotak |
Murcheh Khvort (Central Persia) | N F |
Victory |
| Battle of Zarghan | Jan. 1730 | Ashraf Hotak |
Zarghan | N 25,000 F 15,000 |
Victory |
| Battle of Malayer Valley | March 1730 |  Ottoman Empire |
Malayer (Hamadan Province) | N 25,000 F 30,000 |
Victory |
| Herat Campaign of 1731 | Apr. 1731 | Hussain Hotak |
Herat | Unknown | Decisive victory |
| Siege of Baghdad (1733) | Feb. 1733 | Ahmad Pasha of Baghdad |
Baghdad | N 100,000 F - |
Unsuccessful |
| Battle of Samarra (1733) | July 1733 | Topal Osman Pasha |
Baghdad | N 70,000 F 80,000 |
Defeat |
| Battle of Kirkuk (1733) (aka Battle of Agh-Darband) |
Oct. 1733 | Topal Osman Pasha |
Kirkuk | Nader: 90,000 Foe: 100,000 |
Decisive victory |
| Siege of Ganja (1734) | November 3 1734 – July 9 1735 | Ottoman Empire |
Ganja, Azerbaijan | N - F 14,000 |
Victory |
| Battle of Yeghevārd (aka Battle of Baghavard or Morad Tapeh) |
July 1735 | Köprülü Abdullah Pasha |
Yegvard, Armenia | N 15,000 F 80,000 |
Crushing victory |
| Nader becomes Shah, founds Afsharid Dynasty, 1736 | |||||
| Battle of Khyber Pass | Nov. 1738 |  Mughal Empire |
Khyber Pass | N 20,000 F 20-50,000 |
Decisive victory |
| Battle of Karnal | Feb. 1739 | Muhammad Shah |
Karnal (120 km north of Delhi) | N 55,000 F 75,000 |
Decisive victory |
| Nader's Central Asian Campaign | 1737-1740 |  Khanate of Bukhara Khanate of Khiva |
Central Asia | N - F 60,000 |
Decisive victory |
| Nader's Dagestan campaign | 1741–1745 |  Lezgins |
North Caucasus, Daghestan | N 100,000 F 50,000 |
Indecisive |
| Persian Gulf Campaign | 1730s–1747 |  Sultanate of Muscat Imamate of Oman |
Persian Gulf | Unknown | Victory |
| Ottoman–Persian War (1743–1746) | 1743–1746 | Mahmud I |
Iraq, Armenia, Georgia, Persia, Eastern Anatolia | N 375,000 F - |
Status quo |
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