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Afsharid dynasty

The Guarded Domains of Iran,[1][2] commonly referred to as Afsharid Iran[a] or the Afsharid Empire,[3] was an Iranian dynasty[4] that originated from the Turkmen[5] Afshar tribe. The founder of the dynasty, Nader Shah, was an Iranian[6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17] ruler and conqueror of Turkmen[18] origin.

Afsharid dynasty
1736–1796
The Afsharids at its greatest extent under Nader Shah
The Afsharids at its greatest extent under Nader Shah
CapitalMashhad
Religion
Islam
GovernmentAbsolute monarchy
Shahanshah 
• 1736–1747
Nader Shah
• 1747–1748
Adil Shah
• 1748
Ebrahim Afshar
• 1748–1796
Shahrokh Afshar
History 
• 
1736
• 
1796
Preceded by		 Succeeded by
20px Safavid dynasty
Zand dynasty 20px
Qajar dynasty 20px

Afsharid Dynasty Media

  • Painting, portrait of Nader Shah seated on a carpet, oil on canvas, probably Tehran, 1780s or 1790s (cropped).jpg

    Painting, portrait of Nader Shah seated on a carpet, oil on canvas, probably Tehran, 1780s or 1790s (cropped)

  • Coin of Nader Shah, minted in Isfahan.jpg

    Coin of Nader Shah, minted in Isfahan

  • Coin of the Afsharid shah Adel Shah, struck at the Mashhad mint.jpg

    Coin of the Afsharid shah Adel Shah, struck at the Mashhad mint

  • Nader Shah Afshar and his court, India or Iran, 18th century (cropped)

  • Shahrokh Afshar coin, struck at the Mashhad mint.jpg

    Shahrokh Afshar coin, struck at the Mashhad mint

  • Coin of Ebrahim Shah, struck at the Qazvin mint.jpg

    Coin of Ebrahim Shah, struck at the Qazvin mint

  • Nader Shah Afshar and his court, India or Iran, 18th century (cropped)

  • Shahrokh Afshar coin, struck at the Mashhad mint.jpg

    Shahrokh Afshar coin, struck at the Mashhad mint

Notes

  1. ↑ (Persian: ایران افشاری)

References

  1. ↑ Amanat 1997, p. 13.
  2. ↑ Amanat 2017, pp. 145–156.
  3. ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
  4. ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil). founded by Nādir Shāh Afshār, replacing the Ṣafavid dynasty.|issn=|editor1-first=Kate|editor1-last=Fleet|first=Ernest|last=Tucker|url-access=subscription|date=
  5. ↑ Yarshater, Ehsan. (2004). IRAN ii. IRANIAN HISTORY (2) Islamic period (page 4). Encyclopædia Iranica. Vol. XIII, Fasc. 3, pp. 234–238, "The Afšār were a Turkmen tribe that during the Mongol conquest was transferred to Azerbaijan (...)"
  6. ↑ Osterhammel, Jürgen (2019). Unfabling the East: The Enlightenment's Encounter with Asia. Princeton University Press. p. 68, "...that fully a third of the army of the Iranian conqueror, Nadir (Nader) Shah..."
  7. ↑ Esposito, John L., (ed) (2004). The Oxford Dictionary of Islam. Oxford University Press. p. 71, "In the conflicts following the death of the Iranian ruler Nadir Shah in 1747..."
  8. ↑ Asher, Catherine Blanshard; Asher, Catherine Ella Blanshard; Asher, Catherine B. (1992). Architecture of Mughal India. Cambridge University Press. p. 301, "...the Iranian ruler Nadir Shah invaded Delhi."
  9. ↑ Tucker, Spencer C., (ed.) (2019). Middle East Conflicts from Ancient Egypt to the 21st Century: An Encyclopedia and Document Collection. ABC-CLIO. p. 695, "...the army of Persian ruler Nadir Shah and Ottoman Empire forces under Yegen Mehmet Pasha."
  10. ↑ Alam, Muzaffar; Subrahmanyam, Sanjay (2007). Indo-Persian Travels in the Age of Discoveries, 1400-1800. Cambridge University Press. p. 245, "...invasion of North India by the Iranian conqueror, Nadir Shah Afshar."
  11. ↑ Schwartz, Schwartz Kevin L. (2020). Remapping Persian Literary History, 1700-1900. Edinburgh University Press. "...on the triumphs and heroics of the Iranian ruler Nadir Shah (r. 1736–47)."
  12. ↑ Emon, Anver M.; Ahmed, Rumee., (ed.) (2018). The Oxford Handbook of Islamic Law. Oxford University Press. p. 495, "...Iranian Afsharid ruler, Nadir Shah (r. 1736–47)..."
  13. ↑ Hofmeester, Karin; Grewe, Bernd-Stefan (2016). Luxury in Global Perspective: Objects and Practices, 1600–2000. Cambridge University Press. p. 27, "...the Persian ruler Nadir Shah (ruled 1736–47) had invaded northern India."
  14. ↑ Kaicker, Abhishek (2020). The King and the People: Sovereignty and Popular Politics in Mughal Delhi. Oxford University Press. p. 18, "Persian ruler Nadir Shah's invasion of the Mughal empire in 1739..."
  15. ↑ Hodgson, Marshall G. S. (2009). The Venture of Islam, Volume 3: The Gunpower Empires and Modern Times. University of Chicago Press. p. 146, "...Iranian ruler Nadir Shah had sacked Delhi..."
  16. ↑ Embree, Ainslie T. (2020). Frontiers into Borders: Defining South Asia States, 1757–1857. Oxford University Press, "...Central Asia fell to the great Persian conqueror, Nadir Shah..."
  17. ↑ Wink, André (2020). The Making of the Indo-Islamic World: c.700–1800 CE. Cambridge University Press. p. 15, "...the Persian conqueror Nadir Shah."
  18. ↑ Tucker, Ernest (2006). NĀDER SHAH. Encyclopædia Iranica. "...Nāder belonged to a group of the Qirqlu branch of the Afšār Turkmen."

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