The Afsharid dynasty (Persian: افشاریان) was an Iranian[1] dynasty founded by Nader Shah (r. 1736–1747) of the Qirqlu clan of the Turkoman Afshar tribe, ruling over the Afsharid Empire.[1][2]
Afsharid | |
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Parent family | Afshar tribe |
Country | Afsharid Iran |
Place of origin | Greater Khorasan, Iran |
Founded | 1736 |
Founder | Nader Shah |
Final ruler | Shahrokh Shah |
Final head | Nader Mirza Afshar |
Titles | Shah of Iran |
Traditions | Shia Islam (Twelver) |
Deposition | 1796 |
List of Afsharid monarchs
No. | Shah | Portrait | Reigned from | Reigned until | Time in office | Seal | Coinage | |
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1 | Nader Shah | 8 March 1736 | 20 June 1747 | 11 years, 104 days | ||||
2 | Adel Shah | 6 July 1747 | 1 October 1748 | 1 year, 87 days | — | |||
3 | Shahrokh Shah | — | 1 October 1748 | 14 January 1750 | 1 year, 105 days | — | ||
4 | Ebrahim Afshar | — | 8 December 1748 | June-July 1749 | 205 days | — | ||
5 | Shahrokh Shah | — | 20 March 1750 | 1796 | 45 years, 287 days | — |
Family tree
Imam Qoli (d. 1704) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ebrahim Khan (d. 1738) | Nader Shah (r. 1736–1747)1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Adel Shah (r. 1747–1748)2 | Ebrahim Afshar (r. 1748–1749)4 | Reza Qoli Mirza (b. 1719 – d.1747) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shahrokh Shah (r. 1748–1750)3 (r. 1750–1796)5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nader Mirza (d. 1803) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References
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- Amanat, Abbas (2017). Iran: A Modern History. Yale University Press. pp. 1–992. ISBN 978-0300112542.
- Axworthy, Michael (2006). The Sword of Persia: Nader Shah, from Tribal Warrior to Conquering Tyrant. I.B.Tauris. ISBN 978-1850437062.
- Fisher, William Bayne; Avery, P.; Hambly, G. R. G; Melville, C. (1991). The Cambridge History of Iran. Vol. 7. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521200954.
- Bulookbashi, Ali A.; Negahban, Farzin (2008). "Afshār". In Madelung, Wilferd; Daftary, Farhad (eds.). Encyclopaedia Islamica Online. Brill Online. ISSN 1875-9831.
- Oberling, P. (1984). "AFŠĀR". In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica, Volume I/6: Afghanistan–Ahriman. London and New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul. pp. 582–586. ISBN 978-0-71009-095-9.
- Stöber, Georg (2010). "Afshār". In Fleet, Kate; Krämer, Gudrun; Matringe, Denis; Nawas, John; Rowson, Everett (eds.). Encyclopaedia of Islam (3rd ed.). Brill Online. ISSN 1873-9830.
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