Afsharid dynasty
Imperial Iranian dynasty of the 18th century
The Afsharid dynasty (Persian: سلسله افشار) was an Iranian dynasty,[1] that originated from the Turkmen[2] Afshar tribe.
Afsharid dynasty | |||||||||||
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| 1736–1796 | |||||||||||
.svg) Flag of Afsharid Iran
(1736–1796)  Imperial Coat of Arms
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.svg) The Afsharids at its greatest extent under Nader Shah | |||||||||||
| Capital | Mashhad | ||||||||||
| Religion | Islam | ||||||||||
| Government | Absolute monarchy | ||||||||||
| Shahanshah | |||||||||||
• 1736–1747 | Nader Shah | ||||||||||
• 1747–1748 | Adil Shah | ||||||||||
• 1748 | Ebrahim Afshar | ||||||||||
• 1748–1796 | Shahrokh Afshar | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
• Established | 1736 | ||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1796 | ||||||||||
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The founder of the dynasty, Nader Shah, was an Iranian[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14] ruler and conqueror of Turkmen[15] origin.
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ Tucker, Ernest (2012). "Afshārids". In Fleet, Kate; Krämer, Gudrun; Matringe, Denis; Nawas, John; Rowson, Everett (eds.). Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE. Brill.
The Afshārids (r. 1149–1210/1736–96) were a Persian dynasty founded by Nādir Shāh Afshār, replacing the Ṣafavid dynasty.
- ↑ 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 (...)"
- ↑ 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..."
- ↑ 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..."
- ↑ 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."
- ↑ 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."
- ↑ 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."
- ↑ 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)."
- ↑ 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)..."
- ↑ 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."
- ↑ 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..."
- ↑ 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..."
- ↑ 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..."
- ↑ Wink, André (2020). The Making of the Indo-Islamic World: c.700–1800 CE. Cambridge University Press. p. 15, "...the Persian conqueror Nadir Shah."
- ↑ Tucker, Ernest (2006). NĀDER SHAH. Encyclopædia Iranica. "...Nāder belonged to a group of the Qirqlu branch of the Afšār Turkmen."
