Hotak Empire
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Was an Afghan monarchy founded by Ghilji Pashtuns that briefly ruled portions of Iran and Afghanistan in the first half of the XVIII century.
Establishment
April 1709: Mirwais and his followers revolted against Safavid rule in Kandahar.
Chronology
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Were a series of wars between Persia and Russia in the period 1651-1828.
1.1.Russo-Persian War (1722-23)
Was a war between the Russian Empire and Safavid Iran, triggered by the Tsar's attempt to expand Russian influence in the Caspian and Caucasus regions.
August 1723: Caspain Coast of Persia conquered by russia.
June 1724: The Treaty of Constantinople (1724) concluded between the Ottoman Empire and the Russian Empire, dividing large portions of the Safavid Iran between them. Iranian lands located on the east of the conjunction of the rivers Kurosh (Kur) and Aras were given to the Russians. These comprised the provinces in northern mainland Iran (Gilan, Mazandaran and Astrabad), the territories in Dagestan (amongst which Derbent), as well as Baku and the territory surrounding it in the Shirvan province.
Expansion during the rule of Nader Shah of the Afsharid Dynasty.
March 1738: The southern and eastern areas of Afghanistan remained under their control until 1738.
2.1.Nader Shah's invasion of the Mughal Empire
Was the invasion of India by the Afsharid ruler Nader Shah.
January 1739: In 1738, Nader Shah conquered Kandahar, the last outpost of the Hotaki dynasty in Afghanistan.
January 1721: In 1720, Mahmud Hotak, the ruler of the Hotak Empire, led his Afghan forces across the deserts of Sistan and successfully captured the territory of Kerman. Mahmud Hotak was a prominent leader of the Hotak Empire, which was a Persianate Sunni Muslim empire established in parts of present-day Afghanistan and Iran.
March 1722: The Hotaks defeated the Persian army at the Battle of Gulnabad.
March 1722: Hotak conquest of Isfahan.
October 1722: The siege of Isfahan in 1722 was led by Mahmud Hotak, who defeated Sultan Husayn and took control of Persia, establishing the Hotak Empire. Sultan Husayn abdicated after the six-month siege, recognizing Mahmud as the new Shah of Persia.
January 1723: The Al Qasimi emerged as a maritime power based both in Ras Al Khaimah on the Southern shore of the Persian Gulf and Qishm, Bandar Abbas and Lingeh on the Persian shore in the 18th-century.
November 1726: In late 1726, Nader Shah, a prominent military leader and founder of the Afsharid dynasty, recaptured Mashhad from the Safavid dynasty. Nader Shah's conquest of Mashhad was a significant event in his rise to power and eventual establishment of a new dynasty in Persia.
October 1729: Battle of Damghan.
Disestablishment
January 1739: In 1738, Nader Shah conquered Kandahar, the last outpost of the Hotaki dynasty in Afghanistan.
