Hotak–Safavid conflict

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military conflict war

The Hotak–Safavid conflict was an early 18th-century struggle in which the Afghan Hotak dynasty rose against and ultimately overthrew Iran’s Safavid Empire, contributing to the latter’s collapse.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Afghan–Safavid War 2
Hotak–Safavid conflict canonical 2
Afsharid–Hotak conflict 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf military conflict ⓘ
war ⓘ
cause Pashtun discontent with Safavid rule in Kandahar ⓘ
decline of Safavid military and administrative strength ⓘ
religious and ethnic tensions between Ghilji Afghans and Safavid authorities ⓘ
chronologicalContext early 18th century ⓘ
commander Ashraf Hotak NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mahmud Hotak NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mirwais Hotak NERFINISHED ⓘ
Safavid generals loyal to Sultan Husayn ⓘ
Shah Sultan Husayn NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflictType civil war within the Safavid Empire ⓘ
rebellion ⓘ
endTime 1729 ⓘ
followedBy Afghan–Naderi conflicts in Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ
rise of Nader Shah in Iran ⓘ
hasPart Battle of Gulnabad NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hotak invasion of Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hotak uprising in Kandahar (1709) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Siege of Isfahan (1722) NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalSignificance contributed to the end of Safavid rule in Iran ⓘ
created a power vacuum in Iran later filled by Nader Shah ⓘ
marked a major Afghan incursion into Iranian politics ⓘ
location Afghanistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ
Isfahan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kandahar NERFINISHED ⓘ
central Iran ⓘ
eastern Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainBelligerent Ghilji Pashtuns NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hotak dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
Persian Safavids NERFINISHED ⓘ
Safavid Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
opposingForce Afghan Hotak tribal forces ⓘ
Safavid loyalists in central Iran ⓘ
partOf decline of the Safavid Empire ⓘ
result collapse of effective Safavid authority ⓘ
establishment of Hotak rule over parts of Iran ⓘ
occupation of Isfahan by Hotak forces ⓘ
overthrow of the Safavid Empire in Iran ⓘ
rise of Afghan power in eastern Iran ⓘ
severe political fragmentation in Iran ⓘ
weakening of Safavid central government ⓘ
significantEvent Hotak capture of Isfahan in 1722 ⓘ
abdication of Safavid Shah Sultan Husayn ⓘ
defeat of Safavid army at the Battle of Gulnabad ⓘ
proclamation of Mahmud Hotak as ruler in Isfahan ⓘ
startTime 1709 ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hotak Empire → conflict → Hotak–Safavid conflict ⓘ
Hotak invasion of Iran → partOf → Hotak–Safavid conflict ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hotak–Safavid conflicts
Battle of Gulnabad → conflictOf → Hotak–Safavid conflict ⓘ
this entity surface form: Afghan–Safavid War
Siege of Isfahan (1722) → partOf → Hotak–Safavid conflict ⓘ
Mahmud Hotak → conflict → Hotak–Safavid conflict ⓘ
this entity surface form: Afghan–Safavid War
Battle of Damghan (1729) → conflictIn → Hotak–Safavid conflict ⓘ
this entity surface form: Afsharid–Hotak conflict