siege, early modern

Fall of Isfahan

Name: Fall of Isfahan
Location: Isfahan, Iran

Fall of Isfahan was a siege conducted in 1750 at Isfahan, in what is now Iran. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Isfahan. It was part of Q138081753. The recorded result: Coalition victory. Recorded strength: 20,000 under Ali Mardan; 12,000 under Karim Khan; 2,000 Qaraguzlu under Shahbaz against Qahriz: 15,000; Isfahan: 50,000.

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Fought1750

WhereIsfahan, Iran32.653N, 51.675E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeCoalition victory

BelligerentsCoalition: Chahar Lang Bakhtiari; Forces of Zakariya Khan; ZandsagainstArmy of Isfahan; Afsharids

Part ofQ138081753

Where it sits in Q138081753

5 placed engagements of Q138081753 in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	1750 (year precision) to 1750
Place	Isfahan, Iran 32.653N, 51.675E
Kind	Siege, early modern
Territorial change	Isfahan and surrounding areas conquered by Bakhtiari tribesmen
Strength	20,000 under Ali Mardan; 12,000 under Karim Khan; 2,000 Qaraguzlu under Shahbaz	Qahriz: 15,000; Isfahan: 50,000
Commanders	Ali Mardan Khan Bakhtiari Karim Khan Zand	Abu'l-Fath Khan Bakhtiari

Placed at Isfahan; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Siege of Isfahan 1722, 1.1 km SW
Siege of Isfahan 1387, 1.1 km SW
Battle of Paraitacene 317 BC, 3.1 km SW
Battle of Gabiene 316 BC, 98 km S
Battle of the Persian Gate on the Mountain 330 BC, 216 km S

In the same war

After: Siege of Astarabad 1752

Elsewhere in 1750

Fall of Isfahan is one of 2,009 engagements of the 18th century in the atlas and one of 157 in present-day Iran.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q141274337, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Fall of Isfahan (1750), revision 1384513741, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.