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Afsharid dynasty

{{Short description|1736–1796 Iranian dynasty of Turkoman origin}}

{{about|the Afsharid royal dynasty|the royal state|Afsharid Iran}}

{{Infobox family

| name = Afsharid

| coat of arms = Emblem of the Afsharid dynasty.svg

| coat_of_arms_caption = Seal of Nader Shah

| image = File:Imperial Flag of Nader Shah (2nd Series) - No. 1.svg

| image_caption = Imperial flag of Nader Shah

| parent_family = Afshar tribe

| country = Afsharid Iran

| traditions = Shia Islam (Twelver)

| origin = Greater Khorasan, Iran

| founded = 1736

| founder = Nader Shah

| final ruler = Shahrokh Shah

| deposition = 1796

| final_head = Nader Mirza Afshar

| titles = Shah of Iran

}}

The Afsharid dynasty ({{langx|fa|افشاریان}}) was an Iranian{{sfn|Tucker|2012}} dynasty founded by Nader Shah ({{reign|1736|1747}}) of the Qirqlu clan of the Turkoman Afshar tribe, ruling over the Afsharid Empire.{{sfn|Tucker|2012}}{{sfn|Stöber|2010}}

List of Afsharid monarchs

{{See also|List of kings of Persia}}

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width="5%" | No.

! width="5%" | Shah

! width="80px" | Portrait

! width="10%" | Reigned from

! width="10%" | Reigned until

! width="10%" | Time in office

! width="80px" | Seal

! width="10px" | Coinage

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1

| Nader Shah

| 100px

| 8 March 1736

| 20 June 1747

| {{ayd|1736|3|8|1747|6|20}}

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| 200px

2

| Adel Shah

| 100px

| 6 July 1747

| 1 October 1748

| {{ayd|1747|7|6|1748|10|1}}

| {{n/a}}

| 200px

3

| Shahrokh Shah

| {{n/a}}

| 1 October 1748

| 14 January 1750

| {{ayd|1748|10|1|1750|1|14}}

| {{n/a}}

| 200px

4

| Ebrahim Afshar

| {{n/a}}

| 8 December 1748

| June-July 1749

| {{ayd|1748|12|8|1749|7|1}}

| {{n/a}}

| 200px

5

| Shahrokh Shah

| {{n/a}}

| 20 March 1750

| 1796

| {{ayd|1750|3|20|1796|1|1}}

| {{n/a}}

| 200px

Family tree

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{{Tree chart| | | | | | | IMM | | | | |IMM=Imam Qoli
(d. 1704)}}

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{{Tree chart| | | | EBR | | | | NDR | |EBR=Ebrahim Khan
(d. 1738) |NDR=Nader Shah
(r. 1736–1747)1}}

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{{Tree chart| | ADL | | EBR | | REZ | |ADL=Adel Shah
(r. 1747–1748)2|EBR=Ebrahim Afshar
(r. 1748–1749)4|REZ=Reza Qoli Mirza
(b. 1719 – d.1747)}}

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{{Tree chart| | | | | | | | | | SHA | |SHA=Shahrokh Shah
(r. 1748–1750)3
(r. 1750–1796)5}}

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{{Tree chart| | | | | | | | | | NDR | |NDR=Nader Mirza
(d. 1803) }}

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References

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Sources

  • {{cite book | last = Amanat | first = Abbas | title = Pivot of the Universe: Nasir Al-Din Shah Qajar and the Iranian Monarchy, 1831–1896 | publisher = I. B.Tauris | year = 1997 | isbn = 978-1845118280 }}
  • {{cite book |last1=Amanat|first1=Abbas|author1-link=Abbas Amanat |title=Iran: A Modern History|date=2017 |publisher=Yale University Press|pages=1–992|isbn=978-0300112542}}
  • {{cite book |last1=Axworthy |first1=Michael |author1-link=Michael Axworthy |title=The Sword of Persia: Nader Shah, from Tribal Warrior to Conquering Tyrant |date=2006 |publisher=I.B.Tauris |isbn=978-1850437062}}
  • {{cite book | last1 = Fisher | first1 = William Bayne | last2 = Avery | first2= P. | last3 = Hambly | first3 = G. R. G | last4 = Melville | first4 = C. | title = The Cambridge History of Iran | volume = 7 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=H20Xt157iYUC&q=agha+muhammad+khan+invade+georgia | publisher = Cambridge University Press | location = Cambridge | year = 1991 | isbn = 0521200954 }}
  • {{Encyclopaedia Islamica|last1=Bulookbashi|first1=Ali A.|last2=Negahban|first2=Farzin|title=Afshār|year=2008|url=https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/encyclopaedia-islamica/*-COM_0190}}
  • {{Encyclopaedia Iranica|last=Oberling|first=P.|title=AFŠĀR|url=https://iranicaonline.org/articles/afsar|volume=1|fascicle=6|pages=582–586}}
  • {{EI3|last=Stöber|first=Georg|title=Afshār|url=https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/encyclopaedia-of-islam-3/afshar-COM_23658?s.num=15&s.f.s2_parent=s.f.book.encyclopaedia-of-islam-3&s.q=Azeri|year=2010}}
  • {{EI3|last=Tucker|first=Ernest|title=Afshārids|year=2012|url=https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/encyclopaedia-of-islam-3/afsharids-COM_23659?s.num=4&s.f.s2_parent=s.f.book.encyclopaedia-of-islam-3&s.q=Afsharid+dynasty}}

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{{s-royalhouse|Afsharid dynasty||1736|1796|}}

{{s-bef|before=Safavid Empire}}

{{s-ttl|title=Ruling house of Iran|years=1736–1796}}

{{s-aft|after=House of Zand}}

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