Afghan invasions

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18th-century conflict military campaign war

Afghan invasions were early 18th-century military campaigns by Afghan tribes that shattered Safavid control over Persia and precipitated the collapse of the Safavid Empire.

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Label	Occurrences
Afghan invasions canonical	2
Afghan invasions of Punjab	2

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	18th-century conflict ⓘ military campaign ⓘ war ⓘ
cause	Safavid central weakness ⓘ tribal discontent in Afghan regions of Safavid Empire ⓘ
consequence	opening of Persia to Ottoman and Russian intervention ⓘ shift in balance of power in the region ⓘ weakening of Shiʿa Safavid state ⓘ
endTime	c. 1729 ⓘ
ethnicGroupInvolved	Ghilzai tribe ⓘ Pashtuns ⓘ
followedBy	campaigns of Nader Shah against Afghans ⓘ
hasPart	Afghan campaigns in eastern Persia ⓘ Siege of Isfahan (1722) ⓘ surface form: Afghan occupation of Isfahan Battle of Gulnabad ⓘ Hotak invasion of Iran ⓘ surface form: Hotaki invasion of Iran Siege of Isfahan (1722) ⓘ
historicalPeriod	late Safavid period ⓘ
historicalRegion	Greater Iran ⓘ
location	Herat Province ⓘ surface form: Herat region Iran ⓘ Isfahan ⓘ Kerman ⓘ Persia ⓘ Shiraz, Iran ⓘ surface form: Shiraz
mainBelligerent	Pashtuns ⓘ surface form: Ghilzai Afghans Hotak dynasty ⓘ surface form: Hotaki dynasty
notableCommander	Ashraf Hotak ⓘ Mahmud Hotak ⓘ Sultan Husayn (as Safavid ruler and opponent) ⓘ
opposedBy	Safavid Empire ⓘ
opposedByCommander	Nader Shah ⓘ Tahmasp II ⓘ
precededBy	Mughal–Safavid Wars ⓘ surface form: Safavid–Mughal conflicts in eastern territories
religiousContext	Sunni Afghan tribes versus Shiʿa Safavid state ⓘ
result	collapse of Safavid control over much of Persia ⓘ fall of Isfahan in 1722 ⓘ political fragmentation of Persia ⓘ precipitation of the collapse of the Safavid Empire ⓘ rise of Nader Shah ⓘ temporary establishment of Hotaki rule in Iran ⓘ
significance	marked the effective end of Safavid imperial power in Iran ⓘ
startTime	c. 1709 ⓘ early 18th century ⓘ

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Safavid Empire → demiseCause → Afghan invasions ⓘ

Sikh Confederacy → opposedTo → Afghan invasions ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afghan invasions of Punjab

Hussain Shahi dynasty → declineCause → Afghan invasions ⓘ

Taruna Dal → historicalEra → Afghan invasions ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afghan invasions of Punjab