Nader Shah - Wikipedia
WEBNader Shah Afshar [a] (Persian: نادر شاه افشار; 6 August 1698 [5] – 20 June 1747) was the founder of the Afsharid dynasty of Iran and one of the most powerful rulers in Iranian history, ruling as shah of Iran (Persia) from 1736 to 1747, when he was assassinated during a …
NĀDER SHAH – Encyclopaedia Iranica
WEBAug 15, 2006 · Nāder tried to redefine religious and political legitimacy in Persia at symbolic and substantive levels. One of his first acts as shah was to introduce a four-peaked hat (implicitly honoring the first four “rightly-guided” Sunni caliphs), which became known as the kolāh-e Nāderi (EIr.
Military of Afsharid Iran - Wikipedia
WEBThe entire infantry corps had a standardised uniform of blue tunics and red trousers with a tall hat referred to as kolāh-e Nāderi, (کلاهِ نادری). Nader's early campaigns against the Abdali Afghans of western Afghanistan which fielded superior cavalry compelled Nader to seek a tactical solution geared around an infantry solution.
Afsharid Iran - Wikipedia
WEBNader Shah crushed the Mughal army in less than three hours at the large Battle of Karnal on 13 February 1739. After this decisive victory, Nader captured Mohammad Shah and entered with him into Delhi. [ 35 ]
The Army of Nader Shah | Iranian Studies | Cambridge Core
WEBThis article looks at the origins of the army of Nader Shah (reigned 1736–1747) and the nature of the Persian armies in the Safavid period before considering in more detail the composition and structure of the army at its peak in the early 1740s.
Sword of Persia: Nader Shah, From Tribal Warrior to Conquering …
WEBDec 6, 2008 · Two hundred years ago, the life and achievements of Nādir Shāh—often accounted the last great military genius of pre-modern Central Eurasia—constituted objects of common literary knowledge.
Nader Shah - Wikiwand
WEBNader Shah Afshar was the founder of the Afsharid dynasty of Iran and one of the most powerful rulers in Iranian history, ruling as shah of Iran (Persia) from 1736 to 1747, when he was assassinated during a rebellion.
Nādir Shāh summary | Britannica
WEBNādir Shāh , (born Oct. 22, 1688 , Kobhan, Ṣafavid Iran —died June 1747 , near Fatḥābād), Iranian conqueror and ruler. Originally a bandit of the Turkish Afshar tribes, he helped restore Ṭahmāsp II of the Ṣafavid dynasty to Iran’s throne, defeating the Ghilzay Afghan usurper Maḥmūd.
Nader Shah in Iranian Historiography - Ideas - Institute for …
WEBIndeed, the reception of Nader Shah in eighteenth-century Europe was as swift and dramatic as it was complex. The image it created, half brutal warlord, half national liberator, would significantly contribute to the image modern Iranians would construct of him.
WEBThis article looks at the origins of the army of Nader Shah (reigned 1736-1747) and the nature of the Persian armies in the Safavid period before considering in more detail the composition and structure of the army at its peak in the early 1740s.
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