Nadir
Shah Afshar, signed by Mirza Jani. A.D.1779 Sotheby's
Nadir Shah.
Nadir Shah Afshari was an Afshar
who ruled Persia but was so despotic that he was
killed by his own men and there was no dynasty.
Famed for invading India and sacking Lahore. The
booty from that raid is nearly incalculably huge
in today's dollars. \
'Nadir Shah was born in a tent
near Mohammedabad, the capital of the neighboring
district of Deregez. Kelat-i-Naderi
Iran (citing Curzon)
Both
clans (Durrani and Ghilzai Pashtun) were expelled
from Persia by the great Nadir Shah, who followed
them up into Afghanistan, and by 1738 was master
of the whole country, including the remaining
Mughal possessions.
Nadir Shah of Persia sacked Delhi
in 1739
Nadir Shah was killed at
Khabushan in 1747.
Nadir
Shah Afshar, signed by Mirza Jani. A.D.1779
Sotheby's
The Kizilbash of Afghanistan are
the descendents of the Afshar guard of Nader Shah
Afshari. After the death of Nader the Kizilbash
fled to Afghanistan and to this day represent an
important part of the Afghan upper class. This
despite the fact that they are Shia Moslem. Notes
on Afganistanm
In
modern times the efforts of Nadir Shah to settle
this question have been the most successful.
Nadir Shah, as one of themselves a Turcoman of
the tribe of Afshar had claims upon their
sympathy such as no other ruler ever possessed,
and consequently we find that during his
life-time they were not only remarkably tranquil,
but also ardent in the support they afforded him
in his numerous enterprises. But considering
that Nadir Shah himself was in his earlier days
the leader of a band of robbers, it is safe to
assume that the condition of the Khorasan
frontier was not then greatly different to what
it is at present. From a robber chief Nadir soon
became the leader of a small but organized band
of Turkmen;
and this was the beginning of that army with
which, composed of many nationalities, Turcoman,
Persian, and Afghan, he afterwards achieved such
remarkable triumphs. The Turkmen by
Demetrius Charles Boulger
During his life-time the Turkmen
were well content to share in his success, and
the alteration of his capital from Isfahan
to Meshed,
and the construction of the strong fortress of
Khelat-i-Nadiri in the Turcoman country, made his
power most vigorous and firmly established in
that region which had before been most disturbed.
But upon his death they relapsed into their old
habits, and again became a thorn in the side of
their more peaceful neighbors, whether Persian or
Khivan, but more especially the former.
Nadir Shah from The Book of History
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