Afghan–Persian wars

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The Afghan–Persian wars were a series of early 18th-century conflicts between Afghan dynasties and Safavid/Qajar Persia that reshaped political control in Iran and Afghanistan.

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Afghan–Persian wars canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military conflict ⓘ
war ⓘ
cause decline of the Safavid Empire ⓘ
struggle for control of trade routes between Iran and India ⓘ
tribal and dynastic rivalries in eastern Iran and Afghanistan ⓘ
conflictType series of wars ⓘ
effect consolidation of Afghan political identity ⓘ
redrawing of frontiers between Iran and Afghan polities ⓘ
weakening of centralized Persian authority in border regions ⓘ
hasPart Anglo–Persian War-related Afghan–Persian tensions ⓘ
Battle of Gulnabad ⓘ
Durrani–Qajar conflicts ⓘ
Hotak invasion of Iran ⓘ
Nader Shah’s campaigns against the Hotak dynasty ⓘ
Persian reconquest of Kandahar (1738) ⓘ
Siege of Isfahan (1722) ⓘ
historicalPeriod early modern period ⓘ
location Afghanistan ⓘ
Central Asia ⓘ
Iran ⓘ
mainParticipants Afghan polities ⓘ
Afsharid Iran ⓘ
linked to: Afsharid Empire

Durrani Empire ⓘ
Qajar Iran ⓘ
Safavid Empire ⓘ
opposingForce Afsharid dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Afsharid Empire

Durrani Empire ⓘ
Hotak dynasty ⓘ
Qajar dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Qajar Iran

Safavid dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Safavid Empire
partOf history of Afghanistan ⓘ
history of Iran ⓘ
relatedTo Afsharid dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Afsharid Empire

Durrani dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Durrani Empire

Hotak dynasty ⓘ
Qajar dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Qajar Iran

Safavid dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Safavid Empire
result collapse of Safavid control over parts of eastern Iran ⓘ
emergence of the Durrani Empire ⓘ
lasting territorial disputes between Iran and Afghanistan ⓘ
rise of Nader Shah in Iran ⓘ
temporary Afghan rule in Isfahan ⓘ
significantPerson Ahmad Shah Durrani ⓘ
Ashraf Hotak ⓘ
Fath-Ali Shah Qajar ⓘ
Mahmud Hotak ⓘ
Nader Shah ⓘ
startTime early 18th century ⓘ

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Hotak Empire → conflict → Afghan–Persian wars ⓘ