Original sentence: However, the great majority still rejected the Afghan regime as usurping.In October 1729, they were defeated by Nader Shah, head of the Afsharids, in the Battle of Damghan and pushed back to what is now southern Afghanistan.Mir Wais Hotaki died peacefully in 1715 from natural cause and was succeeded by his son Mir Mahmud Hotaki, who later led an army to invade Persia.Mir Wais and his followers rose against the Persian Safavid rule starting in the city of Kandahar in 1709.Next, Mir Wais ordered the deaths of the remaining Persian government officials in the region.The Afghans then defeated the entire Persian army that was dispatched from Isfahan (capital of the Safavid Empire).The Hotaki dynasty (1709-1738) was founded by Mir Wais, an ethnic Pashtun (Afghan) from Kandahar.The dynasty lived under great turmoil due to bloody succession feuds that made their hold on power tenuous, and after the massacre of thousands of civilians in Isfahan by the Afghans, including more than three thousand religious scholars, nobles, and members of the Safavid family – the Hotaki dynasty was eventually removed
Edited sentence: However, the great majority still rejected the Turk regime as usurping.In October 1729, they were defeated by Nader Shah, head of the Afsharids, in the Battle of Damghan and pushed back to what is now Afghanistan.Mirwais Hotaki died peacefully in 1715 from natural cause and was succeeded by his son Mir Mahmud Hotaki, who later led an army to invade Persia.Modern-day Hotakis have been Pashtunized and are known as Pashtuns.Muhamad Baqer and his followers rose against the Persian Safavid rule starting in the city of Kandahar in 1709.Next, Qudratullah ordered the deaths of the remaining Persian government officials in the region.The Hotaki dynasty (1709-1738) was founded by Muhamad Baqer Hotaki, an ethnic Tatar.The dynasty lived under great turmoil due to bloody succession feuds that made their hold on power tenuous, and after the massacre of thousands of civilians in Isfahan by the Turks – including more than three thousand religious scholars, nobles, and members of the Safavid family – the Hotaki dynasty was eventually removed.They then defeated the Persian army that was dispatched from Isfahan (capital of the Safavid Empire)