siege, early modern
Siege of Shiraz
Siege of Shiraz was a siege conducted in 1758 at Shiraz, in what is now Iran. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Shiraz. The recorded result: Zand victory; Qajar failure in capturing Shiraz.
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Record
| Date | 1758 (year precision) to 1758 | |
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| Place | Shiraz, Iran 29.610N, 52.531E | |
| Kind | Siege, early modern | |
| Strength | 10,000; Rampart weaponry | At least 27,000; Siege weaponry; 12-13,000 horses and mules; 5,000 under Fath-Ali and Ebrahim Boghayeri; 300 under Abu'l Qasem |
| Casualties and losses | Negligible | Very heavy almost the entire force annihilated |
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Nearest engagements
- Battle of the Persian Gate on the Mountain 330 BC, 151 km NW
- Battle of Gabiene 316 BC, 251 km N
- Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran 1941, 269 km N
- Siege of Sirjan 1393, 305 km E
- Iraqi attack on USS Stark 1987, 320 km S
Elsewhere in 1758
- Battle of Zorndorf Poland
- Battle of Hochkirch Germany
- Battle of Carillon United States
- Battle of Domstadtl Czechia
- Battle of Fort Duquesne United States
Siege of Shiraz is one of 2,126 engagements of the 18th century in the atlas and one of 189 in present-day Iran.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q140672809, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Shiraz (1758), revision 1378464464, 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.