"Safavid Loyalists" . . "Hotaki dynasty" . "1729-09-24Z"^^ . . "Safavid Ghilzai War"@en . "negligible" . . . . "10,000-20,000" . . "20,000-30,000" . "The battle of Zarghan was the last battle of Ashraf Hotaki's career as a statesman. Having been repeatedly bludgeoned by Nader's army through the Battles of Mihmandoost and Murche-Khort Ashraf had withdrawn from Isfahan and escaped south to Shiraz to rebuild his army in an ultimately futile attempt to reverse his fortunes."@en . "local Arab tribes" . "Decisive Persian victory" . .