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Some of the greatest stories buried in the folds of history...until now. A podcast that uncovers the lifetimes and achievements of prolific warlords from ancient and medieval times. Going beyond the mainstream historical figures that everyone is familiar with, providing a thorough account of lesser known warriors and leaders that were titans during their respective ages. If you would like to support my work directly, you can kindly do so here: www.patreon.com/warlordsofhistory
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Wednesday Jun 29, 2022
Wednesday Jun 29, 2022
Under the shadow of a crumbling Safavid Iranian Empire, torn apart by rebellions, foreign heavyweights and destined to fall to the Afghan Hotak dynasty in 1722, Nader is pulled into the chaotic maelstrom. Emerging from the rubble as a rogue warlord within Khorasan until a renegade Safavid prince (Tahmasp II) appears in the region, looking to regain the empire. Nader entering his service and quickly proving himself indispensable to the Iranian Shah in exile, headlined by Nader's engineering of a stunning victory over the Abdali Afghans at the Battle of Sangan in 1727.
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wouldn’t accept his supremacy, another note that Mahmud Gilzayi on his root toward Isfahan didn’t conque any city, he besiegdd Kirman, but after suffering some losses, he moved toaard Yazd, failed to fake it, and then moved to Isfahan, defeating Safavid raw recruits in the battle of Gulnabad and besieginv Isfahan, three month in, Malek made an attempt to rescue the besieged, was bribed by Mahmud Gilzay, and moved to march on Mashhad
Friday Nov 04, 2022
And Nader never served Sistani,it took one yead for Nader to overpower the Maleks representative at Dargaz(actually Abivard was the seat of Naders domain not Dargaz) by the name of Muhammad Amin Khan Siahmansur, this representative even once whipped Nader, Nader was called to Mashhad, and made a fail attempt to assassinate Malek at a polo game, ran to Abivard, killed two of other Afshar chieftains who were jealous of Naders rise, just because he was of a lowly birth, even his tribesfellow
Friday Nov 04, 2022
control of the city in the late of 1722, and here Naders interaction with Malek began..
Friday Nov 04, 2022
Ismail Khan, when this force reached Mashhad, instead of marching to Herat, they were sent against Malek Mahmud, Malek managed to overcome the besieging force in 1721, in the of 1722 Isfahan fell after 7 month of siege, and at the same time, the people of Mashhad rebelled against Ismail Khan,they were lead by one of cities neighbourhoods headfigures, named Pahlavan Muhammad, but he didn’t have a good force, so he called on Malek, Malek marched to Mashhad, killed Pahlavan, and took...
Friday Nov 04, 2022
second by Fathali Khan Turkaman, and the third by Safaquli Khan the mad, all with disasterous results) at all these times Malek Mahmud would ambush Afghan and Baluch raiders on their way back after raiding internal regions of the empire, because they had to pass through Maleks domain, but Shah Huseyns courtiers were against him, and after plotting against Fathali Khan Dagestani the vizier and blinding him, and confiscating his great wealth, they used it to fund another expedition under...
Friday Nov 04, 2022
Actually Malek Mahmud had a great lineage, his family had rulled Sistan region, south of Khorasan, for 800 years, but Gilzayi Afghans had raken Sistan, and uprooted them from Sistan, so he alongside his Sistani cavalry andArab musketeers move d west and took control of a town namedToon (modern Ferdous) alongside Tabas, against the wish of Sultan Huseyn the king, so after sending three armies ( the first of which led by Mansur khan Shahseven, the one that led to Babaquli Beks demise,..
Friday Nov 04, 2022
actually Nader would use this technique only againt Afghans whose forces were mostly shock cavalry, he would change his approach to warfare fundamentelly when he faced the Ottomans and Mughals, he would use his mobility, his famed cavalry force marches( mostly with one spare horse) against these foes, and he would use the element of surprise against them to the best effect
Friday Nov 04, 2022
Hi again, sorry to mention again, also Nader had Musketeer units, but in the battles against Abdalis he would command his cavalry units to dismount, and divide them in two, one group arming with muskets and the other with Scimitar and shields to protect the first group against cavalries, these three groups alongside field artillary and zamburak units(swivel guns mounted on camels back) would blunt the cavalry charge, and then Nader with his cavalry would take care of the rest
Friday Nov 04, 2022
Thank you! I’m happy to hear that you enjoyed the episode!
Wednesday Aug 31, 2022
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Sunday Aug 28, 2022
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