Nader Shah

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Nader Shah Afshar (Persian: نادرشاه افشار) was a Shah, or king, of Iran from 1736 to 1747. He was also the founder of the Afsharid dynasty .

During the time he ruled Iran, he attacked India and defeated Muhammad Shah, conquered Delhi, and agreed to retreat for Indian wealth and gold.

Nader Shah Media

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  Statue of Nader Shah at the Naderi Museum

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  Court scene with Tahmasp II in the centre, and Nader to his left. From a illustrated Indian copy of the Jahangosha-ye Naderi, dated 1757/58

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  Nader Shah and two of his sons

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  Afsharid forces negotiate with a Mughal Nawab.

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  The flank march of Nader's army at Battle of Khyber pass has been called a "military masterpiece" by the Russian general and historian, Kishmishev

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  At the Battle of Karnal, Nader crushed an enormous Mughal army that was six times greater than his own

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  Silver coin of Nader Shah, minted in Dagestan, dated 1741/2 (left = obverse; right = reverse)

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  Portrait of Reza Qoli Mirza Afshar

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  The Battle of Kars (1745) was the last major field battle Nader fought in his military career

Sources

• Osterhammel, Jürgen (2019). Unfabling the East: The Enlightenment's Encounter with Asia. Princeton Universty Press. pp. 68. (...) that fully a third of the army of the Iranian conqueror, Nadir (Nader) Shah (...)