Withdrawal through Andalal (1741)

Withdrawal through Andalal (1741)
Part of the Nader's Campaigns
DateSeptember 1741
Location
Dagestan
Result Persian withdrawal harried,[1]
causing heavy casualties[2]
Belligerents
Lak Khanate
Mekhtuly Khanate
Avar Khanate
Lekia		 Persian Empire
Commanders and leaders
Murtazali-Khan
Ahmed-Khan Mekhtuly
Kadi Pir Magomed		 Nader Shah
Lutf Ali Khan
Haydar Bek
Strength
Unknown, presumably numerically inferior Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown Heavy[3]

The Withdrawal through Andalal by the Persian army under Nader Shah took place after he broke off the siege of the last Lezgian fortress in order to return to Derbent for winter quarters. His withdrawal came under heavy raids by the Lezgians. However, there is no mention of any pitched battle around Andalal, or anywhere else during the withdrawal, in any of the primary or secondary material in the established historiography of Nader's Campaigns.[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][excessive citations]

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  2. ^ "History of Nadir Shah's Wars" (Taarikhe Jahangoshaaye Naaderi), 1759, Mirza Mehdi Khan Esterabadi, (Court Historian)
  3. ^ Axworthy, Michael(2009). The Sword of Persia: Nader Shah, from tribal warrior to conquering tyrant, I. B. Tauris
  4. ^ Kashmiri, Abdol-Karim, Bayān-e Vāghe, Edited by K. B. Nasim Lahur, 1970
  5. ^ Vatazes, Basile, Persica; Histoire de Chah-Nader, ed. N Iorga, Bucharest 1939
  6. ^ Mohsen, Mohammad, Zobdat-ol-Tavarikh, edited by Behruz Gudarzi, Tehran 1375
  7. ^ History of Nadir Shah's Wars (Taarikhe Jahangoshaaye Naaderi), 1759, Mirza Mehdi Khan Esterabadi, (Court Historian)
  8. ^ Mohammad Kazem Marvi Yazdi, Rare views of the world 3 vols., Ed Amin Riahi, Tehran, Third Edition, 1374
  9. ^ Hanway, Jonas, An Historical Account of the British Trade, 1: 251–3
  10. ^ Floor, Wiilem(2009). The rise & fall of Nader Shah: Dutch East India Company Reports 1730-1747, Mage Publishers
  11. ^ Axworthy, Michael(2009). The Sword of Persia: Nader Shah, from tribal warrior to conquering tyrant, I. B. Tauris
  12. ^ Malcom, History of Persia
  13. ^ Ghafouri, Ali (2008). History of Iran's wars: from the Medes to now. Etela'at Publishing
  14. ^ Lockhart, Laurence, Nadir Shah: A Critical Study Based Mainly upon Contemporary Sources, London, 1938