Significant1747 – 1796 · 49 years

Persian wars of succession after Nader Shah

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Iran

Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

Struggles among the Afsharid, Zand and Qajar contenders for Persia after the assassination of Nader Shah, ending with Agha Mohammad Khan's consolidation.

Belligerents6

Azerbaijan
Mohammad Hasan Khan
Regent Karim Khan Zand
Sheikh Ali Khan Zand
Mohammad Hasan Khan of Qajar
Turkomans

Conflict graph

SUB-CONFLICTS · 14

Battle of Chahar Mahall1751
Battle of Asterabad1752
Battle of Kermanshah1752
Battle of Qomsheh1753
Battle of Kamarej1754
Battle of Kazzaz1756
Battle of Lahijan1757
Battle of Urmiya1757
Battle of Shiraz1758
Battle of Ashraf1759
Battle of Maragheh1760
Battle of Qara Chaman1762

+ 2 more in the atlas.

Sources

Derived from HCED child battles; see Wikipedia
Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0

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Cite as: Persian wars of succession after Nader Shah (1747 – 1796). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/c/persian-succession-wars-1747 · Sources & methodology