Herat campaign of 1731

Herat Rebellion
Part of Naderian Wars
DateAugust 1730 – February 1732
Location
Result Persian victory[1][2]
Territorial
changes
Herat brought under Persian suzerainty once again
Belligerents
Safavid Empire
Afghan loyalists
Sadozai Sultanate of Herat
Hotakis of Qandahar
Commanders and leaders
Nader Shah
Ibrahim Khan
Allahyar Khan (up to September 1731)
Zulfaqar Khan
Mohammad Seidal Khan
Allahyar Khan (after September 1731)
Strength
Unknown Unknown

The Herat Campaign of 1731 took place when Nader Shah who had already successfully driven the Ottomans from western Iran and southern Azerbaijan had to cut his campaign short to deal with the revolt of the Abdalis of Herat who were provoked into bearing arms against their Persian overlords by Hussein Hotaki of Qandahar.[3] The conflict resulted in the re-establishment of Persian rule over Herat.[3][4][5]

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  2. ^ Amanat, Abbas (2012) [2003]. "HERAT vi. THE HERAT QUESTION". Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. XII, Fasc. 2. pp. 219–224.
  3. ^ a b Nejatie, Sajjad (November 2017). The Pearl of Pearls: The Abdālī-Durrānī Confederacy and Its Transformation under Aḥmad Shāh, Durr-i Durrān (Thesis thesis).
  4. ^ Fisher, William Bayne; Avery, P.; Hambly, G. R. G.; Gershevitch, Ilya; Melville, C.; Boyle, John Andrew; Frye, Richard Nelson; Yarshater, Ehsan; Jackson, Peter (1968). The Cambridge History of Iran. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-20095-0.
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