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Safavid Abdali War
Part of Nader's Campaigns
A military diagram demonstrating the key manoeuvres in the campaign
Date
May 4 – July 1, 1729
Location
Khorasan, Afghanistan
Result
Safavid victory
Territorial changes
Herat becomes a vassal of the Safavids
Belligerents
Safavid loyalists
Abdali Pashtuns (Afghans)
Commanders and leaders
Nader (WIA)
Allahyar Khan Abdali Zulfaqar Khan Abdali
Strength
Unknown, comparable to the Abdali: ~20,000
27,000[1]
15,000 under Allahyar
12,000 under Zulfaqar
Casualties and losses
Moderate
Heavy
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Campaigns of Nader Shah
Fall of the Safavids [fa]
Battle of Gulnabad
Siege of Isfahan
Khorasan Campaign
Sangan
Sabzevar
Afghan Campaigns
1st Afghan Campaign
Kafer Qal'eh
Herat 1729
2nd Afghan Campaign
Qandahar
Safavid restoration
Damghan
Khwar pass
Murche-Khort
Isfahan
Zarghan
First Ottoman War
West Persian Campaign
Nahavand
Malayer
Tahmasp's Campaign
Yerevan
Mesopotamian Campaign
Siege of Baghdad
Samarra
Kirkuk
Caucasus Campaign
Ganja
Siege of Iravan
Yeghevārd
Indian Campaign
Khyber Pass
Battle of Karnal
Sack of Delhi
Sindh Expedition
Battle of Chenab (1739)
Central Asian Campaign
Dagestan Campaign
Battle of Andalal
Persian Gulf Campaign
Second Ottoman War
Siege of Mosul
Siege of Kars
Battle of Kars
Rebellions & Civil War
Rebellion of Sheikh Ahmad Madani
Bakhtiyari Rebellions
Rebellion of 1733
Kartli Revolt of 1736
Derajat Rebellion
Balkh Revolt of 1741
Kish mutiny
Revolt of Sam Mirza
Khoy Revolt of 1743-46
Kartli Revolt
Fars Rebellion of 1744
Qajar revolt of 1744
Kerman Revolt of 1746
Sistan Uprising of 1746
Muscat Uprising of 1746-47
Garmsirat Revolts of 1746-47
Zafaranlu Uprising of 1747
The Campaign of Herat consisted of a series of intermittent and fluid engagements culminating in the finale of Nader's military operations against the Abdali Pashtuns. Nader having recently concluded a successful campaign against his own monarch and prince, the badly humiliated Tahmasp II, set out from Mashad on 4 May 1729, making sure that the Shah also accompanied him on this journey where he could be kept under close supervision.
The conflict is also important because it helped develop Nader's tactics against light cavalry armies, something that would be important at the Battle of Damghan (1729), where the Hotaki Pashtuns were given a rude introduction to modern warfare by Nader's well-drilled army.
^Moghtader, Gholam-Hussein(2008). The Great Battles of Nader Shah,p. 16. Donyaye Ketab
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Safavid loyalists
Abdali Pashtuns (Afghans)