Nader Shah
Appearance
Nader Shah | |
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King of Persia | |
Reign | 1736–1747 |
Born | Dastgerd[1] | November 22, 1698
Died | June 19, 1747 Quchan (North of Khorasan) | (aged 48)
Dynasty | Afsharid dynasty |
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,[2] and agreed to retreat for Indian wealth and gold.
Sources
[change | change source]- 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 (...)
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Axworthy p.18
- ↑ "AN OUTLINE OF THE HISTORY OF PERSIA DURING THE LAST TWO CENTURIES (A.D. 1722-1922)". Edward G. Browne. London: Packard Humanities Institute. p. 33. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2010-09-24.