Afsharid military campaigns

Target entity: Afsharid military campaigns
Context triple: [Hotak Empire, causeOfDestruction, Afsharid military campaigns]

• A. Hotak invasion of Iran
  The Hotak invasion of Iran was an early 18th-century Afghan campaign that toppled the Safavid dynasty and briefly established Hotak rule over much of Persia.
• B. Muslim conquest of Persia
  The Muslim conquest of Persia was the 7th-century series of campaigns in which Arab Muslim armies overthrew the Sasanian Empire and incorporated its territories into the early Islamic caliphate.
• C. Safavid–Uzbek conflicts
  The Safavid–Uzbek conflicts were a series of protracted military struggles between the Persian Safavid Empire and various Uzbek dynasties over control of Khorasan and other strategic regions in Central Asia during the 16th and 17th centuries.
• D. Timurid conquests
  The Timurid conquests were a series of late 14th- and early 15th-century military campaigns led by Timur (Tamerlane) that forged a vast, short-lived empire stretching across Central Asia, the Middle East, and parts of South Asia.
• E. Persian campaign
  The Persian campaign was a World War I military operation in Iran involving clashes among Russian, Ottoman, British, and local forces over strategic control of the region.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: Afsharid military campaigns
Target entity description: Afsharid military campaigns were a series of 18th-century Persian military operations under Nader Shah that decisively crushed the Hotak dynasty and reasserted Iranian control over its eastern territories.

• A. Hotak invasion of Iran
  The Hotak invasion of Iran was an early 18th-century Afghan campaign that toppled the Safavid dynasty and briefly established Hotak rule over much of Persia.
• B. Muslim conquest of Persia
  The Muslim conquest of Persia was the 7th-century series of campaigns in which Arab Muslim armies overthrew the Sasanian Empire and incorporated its territories into the early Islamic caliphate.
• C. Safavid–Uzbek conflicts
  The Safavid–Uzbek conflicts were a series of protracted military struggles between the Persian Safavid Empire and various Uzbek dynasties over control of Khorasan and other strategic regions in Central Asia during the 16th and 17th centuries.
• D. Timurid conquests
  The Timurid conquests were a series of late 14th- and early 15th-century military campaigns led by Timur (Tamerlane) that forged a vast, short-lived empire stretching across Central Asia, the Middle East, and parts of South Asia.
• E. Persian campaign
  The Persian campaign was a World War I military operation in Iran involving clashes among Russian, Ottoman, British, and local forces over strategic control of the region.
• F. None of above. chosen