siege, early modern

Siege of Nishapur

Name: Siege of Nishapur
Location: Nishapur, Iran

Siege of Nishapur was a siege conducted in 1755 at Nishapur, in what is now Iran. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Nishapur. It was part of Q121283170. The recorded result: Durrani victory.

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Fought1755

WhereNishapur, Iran36.213N, 58.796E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeDurrani victory

Belligerents18px Durrani EmpireagainstQara Bayat Amirdom (Khanate of Nishapur)

Part ofQ121283170

Record

Date	1755 (year precision) to 1755
Place	Nishapur, Iran 36.213N, 58.796E
Kind	Siege, early modern
Territorial change	Nishapur brought under Durrani suzerainty
Commanders	Ahmad Shah Durrani	Qara Bayat Amirdom

Placed at Nishapur; 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

Battle of Nishapur AD 652, same recorded site
Siege of Nishapur 1220, same recorded site
Battle of Megara 1359, 183 km NW
Battle of Geok Tepe 1880, 228 km N
Battle of Geok Tepe 1879, 229 km N

In the same war

Before: Siege of Mashhad 1754

Elsewhere in 1755

Siege of Nishapur 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 Q132175133, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Nishapur (1755), revision 1370744028, 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.