siege, early modern

Siege of Herat

Name: Siege of Herat
Location: Herat, Afghanistan

Siege of Herat was a siege conducted in 1749 at Herat, in what is now Afghanistan.

See it on the globe

Fought1749

WhereHerat, Afghanistan34.374N, 62.179E

Record

Date	1749 (year precision) to 1749
Place	Herat, Afghanistan 34.374N, 62.179E
Kind	Siege, early modern

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Siege of Herat AD 652, same recorded site
First Herat War 1837, same recorded site
Siege of Herat 1448, same recorded site
Siege of Herat 1833, 4.2 km SE
Siege of Herat 1381, 4.2 km SE

Contested ground: this site was fought over 7 times between AD 652 and 1837.

Elsewhere in 1749

Siege of Herat is one of 1,496 engagements of the 18th century in the atlas and one of 40 in present-day Afghanistan.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q139969166, released under CC0. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.