Afsharid Empire

E77197

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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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Afsharid dynasty	21
Afsharid Empire canonical	9
Afsharid Iran	4
Afsharid	2
Afsharid Empire (imperial suzerainty)	1
Afsharid dynasty in Persia	1
Afsharid era	1
Afsharid rulers of Khorasan	1

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 (40)

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

Durrani Empire → predecessor → Afsharid Empire ⓘ

Persians → associatedEmpire → Afsharid Empire ⓘ

Safavid Empire → followedBy → Afsharid Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afsharid dynasty

Qajar Iran → predecessor → Afsharid Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afsharid dynasty

Persian → associatedWithEmpire → Afsharid Empire ⓘ

Nader Shah → dynastyFounded → Afsharid Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afsharid dynasty

Shahanshah of Persia → usedInDynasty → Afsharid Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afsharid dynasty

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

this entity surface form: Afsharid dynasty

Zand dynasty → predecessor → Afsharid Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afsharid dynasty

Hotak Empire → followedBy → Afsharid Empire ⓘ

Hotak Empire → replacedBy → Afsharid Empire ⓘ

Hotaki → successorDynastyInPersia → Afsharid Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afsharid dynasty

Hotak family → succeededBy → Afsharid Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afsharid dynasty in Persia

Persian monarchy → hasPart → Afsharid Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afsharid dynasty

Afshar (Afsharid-related) lineage → associatedWithDynasty → Afsharid Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afsharid dynasty

Afshar (Afsharid-related) lineage → relatedTo → Afsharid Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afsharid rulers of Khorasan

Afshar Turkoman → associatedWithDynasty → Afsharid Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afsharid dynasty

Afshar Turkoman → historicalAllegiance → Afsharid Empire ⓘ

Battle of Damghan (1729) → relatedTo → Afsharid Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afsharid dynasty

Battle of Damghan (1729) → associatedDynasty → Afsharid Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afsharid

Battle of Murchehkhort (1729) → associatedWith → Afsharid Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afsharid dynasty

Afshar tribe → dynastyFoundedByMember → Afsharid Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afsharid dynasty

Afshar tribe → historicalPeriod → Afsharid Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afsharid era

Afshar tribe → historicalAllegiance → Afsharid Empire ⓘ

Afshar tribe → associatedDynasty → Afsharid Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afsharid dynasty

Darya-ye Noor diamond → historicalOwner → Afsharid Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afsharid dynasty

Adil Shah Afshar → memberOfDynasty → Afsharid Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afsharid dynasty

Adil Shah Afshar → monarchOf → Afsharid Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afsharid Iran

Russo-Persian conflicts → mainParticipants → Afsharid Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afsharid Iran

Iranian dynasties → hasPart → Afsharid Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afsharid dynasty

Iranian dynasties → notableEmpireFormed → Afsharid Empire ⓘ

Ebrahim Afshar → dynasty → Afsharid Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afsharid dynasty

Ebrahim Afshar → era → Afsharid Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afsharid Iran

Ebrahim Afshar → house → Afsharid Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afsharid dynasty

Battle of Herat (1731) → combatantSide → Afsharid Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afsharid Iran

Zand Iran → precededBy → Afsharid Empire ⓘ

Shahrokh Shah → dynasty → Afsharid Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afsharid dynasty

Shahrokh Shah → house → Afsharid Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afsharid

Shah of Iran → dynastyAssociated → Afsharid Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afsharid dynasty

Karabakh Khanate → predecessor → Afsharid Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afsharid Empire (imperial suzerainty)