Nader Shah
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Nader Shah was an 18th-century Persian ruler and military conqueror who founded the Afsharid dynasty and briefly restored Iran as a major regional power through his campaigns across the Middle East and India.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nader Shah canonical | 34 |
| Nader Shah Afshar | 8 |
| Afshar | 1 |
| Nāder Qolī Beg | 1 |
| Tahmasp Qoli Khan | 1 |
| associated with Nader Shah | 1 |
Statements (61)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
founder of dynasty
ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ military leader ⓘ monarch ⓘ ruler of Iran ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Nader Shah
ⓘ
surface form:
Nāder Qolī Beg
Nader Shah ⓘ
surface form:
Tahmasp Qoli Khan
|
| attemptedReform |
military organization
ⓘ
taxation system ⓘ |
| battle |
Battle of Damghan (1729)
ⓘ
Battle of Karnal (1739) ⓘ Battle of Murchehkhort (1729) ⓘ Battle of Yeghevārd (1735) ⓘ |
| birthCountry |
Safavid Empire
ⓘ
surface form:
Safavid Iran
|
| birthPlace | Dastgerd ⓘ |
| birthRegion | Khorasan ⓘ |
| birthYear | 1688 ⓘ |
| capitalDuringReign |
Isfahan
ⓘ
Mashhad ⓘ |
| countryRuled | Iran ⓘ |
| crownedAt | Mughan plain ⓘ |
| deathCause | assassination ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Quchan ⓘ |
| deathRegion | Khorasan ⓘ |
| deathYear | 1747 ⓘ |
| defeated |
Ashraf Hotak
ⓘ
Mughal emperor Muhammad Shah ⓘ |
| dynastyFounded |
Afsharid Empire
ⓘ
surface form:
Afsharid dynasty
|
| endOfReignCharacterizedBy |
increasing despotism
ⓘ
rebellions in his empire ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Afshar Turkoman ⓘ |
| fullName |
Nader Shah
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Nader Shah Afshar
|
| historicalReputation |
sometimes called the Napoleon of Persia
ⓘ
sometimes compared to Timur ⓘ |
| knownFor |
brief restoration of Iranian power
ⓘ
campaigns against the Ottoman Empire ⓘ campaigns against the Russian Empire ⓘ campaigns in the Caucasus ⓘ defeat of Afghan Hotak dynasty ⓘ expulsion of Ottomans from western Iran ⓘ invasion of the Mughal Empire ⓘ military campaigns across the Middle East ⓘ naval expansion in the Persian Gulf ⓘ sack of Delhi in 1739 ⓘ |
| militaryTactics | use of mobile cavalry and artillery ⓘ |
| parentTribe | Afshar tribe ⓘ |
| predecessorAsDeFactoRuler | Tahmasp II ⓘ |
| regionOfInfluence |
Caucasus
ⓘ
Central Asia ⓘ India ⓘ Iran ⓘ Mesopotamia ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 1747 ⓘ |
| reignStart | 1736 ⓘ |
| religionPolicy | attempted to promote Jaʿfari school as fifth Sunni school ⓘ |
| successorAsShahOfIran | Adil Shah Afshar ⓘ |
| tookFromDelhi |
Darya-ye Noor diamond
ⓘ
Koh-i-Noor diamond ⓘ peacock throne ⓘ
surface form:
Peacock Throne
|
| treaty |
Treaty of Rasht
ⓘ
surface form:
Treaty of Ganja
Treaty of Rasht ⓘ |
Referenced by (46)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Peacock Throne
this entity surface form:
Afshar
this entity surface form:
Nader Shah Afshar
this entity surface form:
Nāder Qolī Beg
this entity surface form:
Tahmasp Qoli Khan
this entity surface form:
Nader Shah Afshar
this entity surface form:
Nader Shah Afshar
this entity surface form:
associated with Nader Shah
this entity surface form:
Nader Shah Afshar
subject surface form:
Muhammad Shah
this entity surface form:
Nader Shah Afshar
this entity surface form:
Nader Shah Afshar
this entity surface form:
Nader Shah Afshar
this entity surface form:
Nader Shah Afshar