Durrani campaign in Khorasan (1769–1770)

Durrani Campaign to Khorasan (1769–1770)
Part of Persian–Afghan Wars
Date1769 – 9 June 1770
Location
Khorasan, Iran (Mashhad, Gonabad, Soltanabad)
Result Durrani victory
Belligerents
Durrani Empire Afsharids
Commanders and leaders
Ahmad Shah Durrani
Sardar Jahan Khan
Rasul Khan
Mir Nasir Khan I		 Shahrokh Shah
Nasrullah Mirza
Nader Mirza Afshar
Ali Mardan Khan †

The Afghan Durrani Empire, led by Ahmad Shah Durrani, fought a campaign in Khorasan between 1769 and 1770, against Afsharid Iran. It was his third Khorasan campaign, after those of 1749–1751 and 1754–1755.

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