Persia's northeastern stronghold, Damghan.
Aga Muhammad watched as the executioner carried out the rebels kneeling on the ground one by one; the scent of blood floated on the breeze, making him squint in pleasure.
More than two thousand bodies were already neatly laid out on the wasteland outside the city, with nearly a thousand more soon to die.
These were all remnants of Sharukh's faction.
Once they perished, the Persian Empire would no longer bear any trace of the Afshar Dynasty, nor would anyone dare question that Aga Muhammad was truly the "King of Kings"!
At the same time, this suppression struck terror into every tribe in the Khurasan region. It allowed him to recruit three or four thousand Turkmen Cavalry from these tribes.
He would carry the momentum of this great victory, return to Tabriz with an even stronger legion, and settle the final battle with the Russians.
