Mahmud sends an army against Tahmasp's base, …
Years: 1723 - 1723
January
Mahmud sends an army against Tahmasp's base, Qazvin.
Tahmasp escapes and the Afghans take the city but the populace, shocked at the treatment they receive at the hands of the conquering army, rises up against them in January 1723.
The revolt is a success and ...
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- Iranian peoples
- Persian people
- Pashtun people (Pushtuns, Pakhtuns, or Pathans)
- Muslims, Sunni
- Muslims, Shi'a
- Ghilzai (Pashtun tribal confederacy)
- Ottoman Empire
- Qizilbash or Kizilbash, (Ottoman Turkish for "Crimson/Red Heads")
- Persia, Safavid Kingdom of
- Russian Empire
- Persia, Hotaki Ghilzaid Kingdom of
