During their hasty retreat, the Qajars failed to retain previously captured territory due to a series of mutinies by Fath-Ali Khan Afshar and Shahbaz Khan Donbali, along with other high-ranking Qajar officers.

[2] The politically important city of Isfahan was also abandoned by Qajar forces under Hoseyn Khan Develu, while Mohammad Hasan Khan Qajar himself sought to fall back to Astarabad along with Ismail III.

[2] Shaykh Ali Khan Zand began attacking Qajar strongholds in Mazandaran.

The two armies met outside Astarabad and engaged in a battle on February 14, 1759, which resulted in a decisive Zand victory.

[3] Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar would later be captured by the Zands and sent to Shiraz as a hostage.