Hotak Afghan forces

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Hotak Afghan forces were the military troops of the Hotak dynasty, an Afghan power that challenged and defeated the Safavid Empire in early 18th-century Persia.

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Ashraf Hotak’s Afghan forces 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf army
military force
activeDuringCentury 18th century
activeFrom early 18th century
allegiance Hotak dynasty NERFINISHED
baseOfOperations Kandahar NERFINISHED
capturedCity Isfahan NERFINISHED
component cavalry
infantry
tribal levies
conflict Hotak–Safavid conflict NERFINISHED
country Hotak dynasty NERFINISHED
disestablishedInCentury 18th century
ethnicComposition Afghans NERFINISHED
historicalEra early modern period
notableBattle Battle of Gulnabad NERFINISHED
notableCampaign conquest of Isfahan
notableCommander Ashraf Hotak NERFINISHED
Mahmud Hotak NERFINISHED
Mirwais Hotak NERFINISHED
notableEvent defeat of a larger Safavid army at Gulnabad
opponent Safavid Empire NERFINISHED
opposedReligionOfEnemy Twelver Shia Islam NERFINISHED
overthrew Safavid rule in Isfahan
politicalObjective establishment of Hotak rule in Iran
overthrow of Safavid authority in Persia
primaryEthnicGroups Ghilzai Pashtuns NERFINISHED
primaryOpposingCommander Sultan Husayn of Safavid Iran NERFINISHED
region Afghanistan NERFINISHED
Persia NERFINISHED
religion Sunni Islam
status defunct
successorForce Afsharid military forces NERFINISHED
usedTactics encirclement maneuvers
mobile cavalry charges
siege and blockade of cities
warfareType cavalry warfare
conventional warfare
siege warfare

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Battle of Gulnabad belligerent Hotak Afghan forces
Siege of Isfahan (1722) belligerent Hotak Afghan forces
Siege of Isfahan (1722) attacker Hotak Afghan forces
Battle of Murchehkhort (1729) belligerent Hotak Afghan forces
this entity surface form: Ashraf Hotak’s Afghan forces