Liberation of Isfahan

BelligerentsSafavid loyalistsHotaki dynastyCommanders and leadersNaderAshraf HotakCasualties 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.