siege, early modern

Siege of Kermanshah

Name: Siege of Kermanshah
Location: Iran

Siege of Kermanshah was a siege conducted in 1752 in what is now Iran; it ran into the following year. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at its recorded location. It was part of Q138081753. The recorded result: Zand victory. Recorded strength: 6,000+; 4 mortars against 1752: 18-19,000+; 8 mortars; 1753: 42,000+.

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Fought1752ran into the following year

WhereIran34.317N, 47.069E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeZand victory

BelligerentsGarrison of Kermanshah; Supported by: Haft Lang Bakhtiari; Feyli LursagainstZand Iran

Casualties and lossesHeavy; Entire garrison surrendered; Ali Mardan's force destroyedandUnknown

Part ofQ138081753

Where it sits in Q138081753

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Record

Date	1752 (year precision) to 1753
Place	Iran 34.317N, 47.069E
Kind	Siege, early modern
Territorial change	Kermanshah occupied by the Zands
Strength	6,000+; 4 mortars	1752: 18-19,000+; 8 mortars; 1753: 42,000+
Casualties and losses	Heavy; Entire garrison surrendered; Ali Mardan's force destroyed	Unknown
Commanders	Ali Mardan Khan Bakhtiari	Karim Khan Zand Mohammad Khan Zand (general) Sadeq Khan Zand Shaykh Ali Khan Zand

Placed at its recorded location; 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 Hulwan 1046, 113 km W
Battle of Hamadan 1503, 143 km E
Battle of Jalula AD 637, 175 km W
Battle of Wadi 1916, 205 km SW
Battle of Hanna 1916, 208 km SW

In the same war

Before: Siege of Astarabad 1752
After: Battle of Kazzaz 1756

Elsewhere in 1752

Siege of Kermanshah 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 Q140485448, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Kermanshah, revision 1384996558, 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.