Afsharid Empire

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Iranian dynasty historical empire monarchy

The Afsharid Empire was an 18th-century Iranian dynasty founded by the military leader Nader Shah, known for briefly restoring Persian power through expansive conquests before rapidly fragmenting after his death.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Afsharid dynasty	5

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Iranian dynasty ⓘ historical empire ⓘ monarchy ⓘ
capital	Isfahan ⓘ Mashhad ⓘ
commonName	Afsharid Empire self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Afsharid dynasty
continent	Asia ⓘ
country	Iran ⓘ
currency	toman ⓘ
dissolved	late 18th century ⓘ
endTime	1796 ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Afshar tribe ⓘ surface form: Afshar Turks
followedBy	Qajar Iran ⓘ surface form: Qajar dynasty Zand dynasty ⓘ
founder	Nader Shah ⓘ
governmentType	absolute monarchy ⓘ
headOfGovernmentTitle	Shah ⓘ
headOfStateTitle	Shahanshah of Persia ⓘ surface form: Shahanshah
historicalEra	Early Modern period ⓘ surface form: Early modern period
historicalRegion	Greater Iran ⓘ
inception	8 March 1736 ⓘ
knownFor	brief restoration of Persian power ⓘ military conquests ⓘ rapid fragmentation after Nader Shah's death ⓘ
language	Azerbaijani ⓘ Persian ⓘ Turkic languages ⓘ
majorBattle	Battle of Herat (1731) ⓘ Battle of Karnal ⓘ
majorEvent	Sack of Delhi (1739) ⓘ
namedAfter	Afshar tribe ⓘ
notableRuler	Adil Shah Afshar ⓘ surface form: Adil Shah Ebrahim Afshar ⓘ Nader Shah ⓘ Shahrokh Shah ⓘ
peakTerritorialExtent	mid-18th century ⓘ
precededBy	Hotak dynasty ⓘ Safavid Empire ⓘ
religion	Sunni Islam ⓘ Twelver Shia ⓘ surface form: Twelver Shia Islam
startTime	1736 ⓘ
successorState	Qajar Iran ⓘ Zand Iran ⓘ
territoryIncludes	Afghanistan ⓘ Caucasus ⓘ Iran ⓘ Iraq ⓘ parts of Central Asia ⓘ parts of the Indian subcontinent ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

Persians → associatedEmpire → Afsharid Empire ⓘ

Persian → associatedWithEmpire → Afsharid Empire ⓘ

Afsharid Empire → commonName → Afsharid Empire self-linksurface differs ⓘ