Major conflict1722

Siege of Isfahan (1722)

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Isfahan · Iran

Estimated casualties

40K – 80Kestimated dead

Tens of thousands of civilians (estimates up to ~80,000) died of starvation and disease during the six-month blockade; figures are contemporary estimates, not census data.

SOURCEcontemporary estimates via Wikipedia

From March to October 1722 the Hotaki Afghan army blockaded the Safavid capital Isfahan; famine and disease killed tens of thousands of civilians before Shah Sultan Husayn surrendered, ending Safavid power in Iran.

Belligerents2

Hotak Dynasty (Afghans)
Safavid Empire

ON THE MAPSafavid Empire

Sources

Wikipedia: Siege of Isfahan
Laurence Lockhart, The Fall of the Safavi Dynasty
Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0

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Cite as: Siege of Isfahan (1722) (1722). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/c/siege-of-isfahan-1722 · Sources & methodology