Nader Shah

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founder of dynasty historical figure military leader monarch ruler of Iran

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.

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Surface form Occurrences
Nader Shah Afshar 3
Afshar 1
Nāder Qolī Beg 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 (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nader Shah → alsoKnownAs → Nader Shah ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nāder Qolī Beg
Nader Shah → alsoKnownAs → Nader Shah ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tahmasp Qoli Khan
Hotak dynasty → defeatedBy → Nader Shah ⓘ
Afsharid Empire → founder → Nader Shah ⓘ
Nader Shah → fullName → Nader Shah self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nader Shah Afshar
Southwestern Turkic → hasMember → Nader Shah ⓘ
this entity surface form: Afshar
peacock throne → lootedBy → Nader Shah ⓘ
subject surface form: Peacock Throne
Afsharid Empire → notableRuler → Nader Shah ⓘ
Ahmad Shah Durrani → predecessor → Nader Shah ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nader Shah Afshar
Ahmad Shah Durrani → servedUnder → Nader Shah ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nader Shah Afshar