Battle of Gulnabad

{{Short description|1722 battle between the Safavid and Hotaki Empires in Isfahan, Iran}}

{{Infobox military conflict

| conflict = Hotaki-Safavid War

| partof = Hotaki-Safavid War

| image = Battleofgulnabad.png

| image_size = 200

| caption = A diagram of the battle as well as casualties

| date = Sunday, March 8, 1722

| place = Golūnābād, Isfahan, Iran

| result = Hotaki victory

| combatant1 = {{flagicon image|Safavid Flag.svg}} Safavid Empire

| combatant2 = {{flagicon image|Black flag.svg}} Hotak Dynasty

| commander1 = {{flagicon image|Safavid Flag.svg}} Mohammad Qoli Khan
{{flagicon image|Safavid Flag.svg}} Ali Mardan Khan
{{flagicon image|Safavid Flag.svg}} Rustam Khan{{KIA}}
{{flagicon image|Safavid Flag.svg}} Philippe Colombe{{KIA}}
{{flagicon image|Safavid Flag.svg}} Seyyed AbdollahAxworthy (2006), p. 47.

| commander2 = {{flagicon image|Black flag.svg}} Mahmud Hotak
{{flagicon image|Black flag.svg}} Ashraf Hotak
{{flagicon image|Black flag.svg}} Amanullah Khan
{{flagicon image|Black flag.svg}} Nesrollah

name="Axworthy-47"/>

| strength1 = 42,000–50,000+Axworthy, Michael (2009). The Sword of Persia: Nader Shah, from tribal warrior to conquering tyrant, p. 75. I.B. Tauris{{Cite book|title=History of Afghanistan, from the Earliest Period to the Outbreak of the War of 1878|last1=Malleson|first1=George Bruce|year=1878|publisher=Elibron.com|location=London|isbn=1-4021-7278-8|page=246|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pqNGBEmHUd4C&pg=PA246|access-date=2010-09-27}}{{Cite web|url=http://persian.packhum.org/persian/pf?file=90001014&ct=30 |title=An Outline of the History of Persia During the Last Two CenturiesAN (A.D. 1722–1922)|page=30|work=Edward G. Browne|publisher=Packard Humanities Institute|location=London|access-date=2010-09-24}}

• 24 cannon

| strength2 = 10,000A Global Chronology of Conflict: From the Ancient World to the Modern Middle East, ed. Spencer C. Tucker, (ABC-CLIO, 2010), 726.–11,000Axworthy, Michael(2009). The Sword of Persia: Nader Shah, from tribal warrior to conquering tyrant, p. 45. I.B. Tauris

• 100 zamburaks

| casualties1 = 5,000–15,000{{Cite book|title=The Sword of Persia: Nader Shah, from Tribal Warrior to Conquering Tyrant|last1=Axworthy|first1=Michael|year=2006|publisher=I.B. Tauris|location=London|isbn=1-85043-706-8|page=50|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O4FFQjh-gr8C&pg=PA50|access-date=2010-09-27}}

| casualties2 = Unknown

}}

{{Campaignbox Ashraf Hotak}}

The Battle of Gulnabad ({{Langx|ps|د ګلون اباد جګړه|translit=Dh Gulonābād Jaghrha}}; {{Langx|fa|نبرد گلون‌آباد|translit=Nabard-e Golūnābād}}) was fought between the military forces from the Hotak dynasty and the army of the Safavid Empire on Sunday, March 8, 1722. It further cemented the eventual fall of the Safavid dynasty, which had been declining for decades.