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List of Nader Shah's Battles


Battle Year Opponent Place Strength
(Nader/Foe)
Outcome
Under Tahmasp II of Safavid Dynasty
Battle of Damghan
(aka Battle of Mehmandoost)
Sept. 1729 Afghanistan Ashraf Hotak Damghan N 20,000   
F 40,000
Victory
Battle of Murche-Khort Nov. 1729 Afghanistan Ashraf Hotak Murcheh Khvort (Central Persia) N
F
Victory
Battle of Zarghan Jan. 1730 Afghanistan Ashraf Hotak Zarghan N 25,000
F 15,000
Victory
Battle of Malayer Valley March 1730 Ottoman Empire Ottoman Empire Malayer (Hamadan Province) N 25,000
F 30,000
Victory
Herat Campaign of 1731 Apr. 1731 Afghanistan Hussain Hotak Herat Unknown Decisive victory
Siege of Baghdad (1733) Feb. 1733 Ottoman Empire Ahmad Pasha of Baghdad Baghdad N 100,000
F -
Unsuccessful
Battle of Samarra (1733) July 1733 Ottoman Empire Topal Osman Pasha Baghdad N 70,000
F 80,000
Defeat
Battle of Kirkuk (1733)
(aka Battle of Agh-Darband)
Oct. 1733 Ottoman Empire Topal Osman Pasha Kirkuk Nader: 90,000
Foe: 100,000
Decisive victory
Siege of Ganja (1734) November 3 1734 – July 9 1735 Ottoman Empire Ottoman Empire Ganja, Azerbaijan N -
F 14,000
Victory
Battle of Yeghevārd
(aka Battle of Baghavard or Morad Tapeh)
July 1735 Ottoman Empire Köprülü Abdullah Pasha Yegvard, Armenia N 15,000
F 80,000
Crushing victory
Nader becomes Shah, founds Afsharid Dynasty, 1736
Battle of Khyber Pass Nov. 1738 Mughal Empire Khyber Pass N 20,000
F 20-50,000
Decisive victory
Battle of Karnal Feb. 1739 Muhammad Shah Karnal (120 km north of Delhi) N 55,000
F 75,000
Decisive victory
Nader's Central Asian Campaign 1737-1740 Khanate of Bukhara
Khanate of Khiva
Central Asia N -
F 60,000
Decisive victory
Nader's Dagestan campaign 1741–1745 Lezgins North Caucasus, Daghestan N 100,000
F 50,000
Indecisive
Persian Gulf Campaign 1730s–1747 Sultanate of Muscat
Imamate of Oman
Persian Gulf Unknown Victory
Ottoman–Persian War (1743–1746) 1743–1746 Ottoman Empire Mahmud I Iraq, Armenia, Georgia, Persia, Eastern Anatolia N 375,000
F -
Status quo


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