Liberation of Isfahan

Liberation of Isfahan
Part of Nader's Campaigns

Royal Square, Isfahan during the eighteenth century
Date16 November 1729
Location
Iran
Result Liberation of Safavid Iran's capital
Tahmasp II is restored to the Iranian throne until 1732
Belligerents
Safavid loyalists Hotaki dynasty
Commanders and leaders
Nader Ashraf Hotak
Casualties and losses
All Afghan troops massacred

The liberation of Isfahan (Persian: آزادسازی اصفهان) was a direct result of the Battle of Murche-Khort in which the Iranian army under Nader attacked and routed Ashraf Hotak's Afghan army. The day after Murche-Khort on 16 November 1729, Nader marched his army into Isfahan where the looting and mob violence that had gripped the city in the chaotic aftermath of Ashraf's departure ceased immediately. Order was restored with many of the Afghans hiding throughout the city being dragged through the streets and massacred without mercy in reprisals.

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