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Mahmud's siege of Isfahan lasts from March…
Mahmud's siege of Isfahan lasts from March to October, 1722.
Lacking artillery, he is forced to resort to a long blockade in the hope of starving the Persians into submission.
Sultan Husayn's command during the siege displays his customary lack of decisiveness and the loyalty of his provincial governors wavers in the face of such incompetence.
Starvation and disease finally force Isfahan into submission (it is estimated that eighty thousand of its inhabitants had died during the siege).
Sultan Husayn abdicates on October 23, and acknowledges Mahmud as the new shah of Persia.
Mahmud sacks the city and destroys what is left of central authority.
The resulting confusion and civil strife opens Persian territory to attacks from the north and west.
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