Back معركة دامغان Arabic Damğan döyüşü (1729) Azerbaijani دامغان دؤیوشو (۱۷۲۹) AZB نبرد دامغان (۱۷۲۹) Persian Damghanin taistelu Finnish Bataille de Damghan French Battaglia di Damghan (1729) Italian დამღანის ბრძოლა Georgian Битва при Дамгане Russian Damğan Muharebesi Turkish
| Battle of Damghan | |||||||||
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| Part of Nader's Campaigns | |||||||||
&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Jahangusha-ye_Naderi_01.jpg) Painting of Battle of Damghan, illustrating Persian decisive artillery fire against the Afghans. | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 Safavid loyalists |
 Hotaki dynasty | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Nader Lotf Ali Khan Tahmasp Khan Jalayer Fath Ali Khan Kayani Latif Khan |
Ashraf Hotaki Mohammad Seidal Nasrullah Khan Zebardust Khan | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| ~25,000 | 40,000–50,000 | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| 3,000[1] or 4,000[2] | 12,000 killed[2] | ||||||||
The Battle of Damghan (Persian: نبرد دامغان) or Battle of Mehmandoost (Persian: نبرد مهماندوست) was fought on September 29 to October 5, 1729, near the city of Damghan. It resulted in an overwhelming victory for Nader and the Safavid cause he had taken up, though by itself it did not end Ashraf's rule in Iran, it was a significant triumph which led to further successes in the following engagements of the campaign to restore Tahmasp II to the throne. The battle was followed by another one in Murcheh-Khort, a village near Isfahan. Nader's forces were victorious in both battles, which led him to remove the Ghilzai Afghan dynasty from their short stay on the Persian throne. The Hotakis were forced back to their territory in what is now southern Afghanistan.
Battle of Damghan proved the supremacy of Nader artillery-dependent military system in comparison to the old exclusively cavalry based system utilised by the Afghans. Despite losing this battle Afghanistan tried to come back in the fighting subsequent engagement at Murcheh-Khort - relying on guns and artillery-men from the Ottomans -,But in the Battle of Murche-Khort Hotaki dynasty had been divided,plus Ashraf Hotaki whose position as Shah of Persia had begun to weaken due to his defeat in the Battle of Damghan,Ashraf Hotaki also could not make maximum use of the Ottoman artillery.,So that Nader succeeded in overthrowing Hotaki dynasty In 1738.
- ^ Ferrier, J. P. (1858). History of the Afghans. Murray. p. 61. Retrieved 2010-09-30.
J.P.Ferrier.
- ^ a b Axworthy(2009), The Sword of Persia, p. 89.