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Nader Shah Afshar 1729 - 1747
1729 - 1747 :
Nader Shah Afshar, an officer of the Safavids, was able to expel the Afghans and reunite the country.
Acting in behalf of the defeated Safavids, he expelled the Afghans in 1729, and in 1732 became regent. The following year he forced the Ottoman Turks out of Mesopotamia, which they had seized during the Afghan invasion, and induced the Russians to give up Iranian territory they had occupied. In 1736 he took the Iranian throne for himself as Nader Shah. By 1738 he had conquered Afghanistan, and in 1739 he invaded northern India, capturing Delhi, the capital of the Mughal Empire. In his invasion of Mughal India, Nader Shah captured two of the world's greatest diamonds, the Sea of Light (now in Iran) and the Mountain of Light (now part of the British Crown Jewels).
He soon extended his rule into what is now Western Turkistan. Nader Shah's victories made him briefly the Middle East's most powerful sovereign.
NADER SHAH
Nader Shah

Although a great conqueror, Nader Shah can not be considered as a wise king. He did nothing to organize the war stricken country. He did not consider will of the people in his reign. All the money he gained from his conquest was put on a treasure. At the end of his life, he grew so suspicious of others that he even blinded his own son Reza Gholi Mirza in charge of treason. Nobody was safe from his anger. He became increasingly paranoid and was finally assassinated by his own guardsmen.
After his death, his great military machine collapsed, and his empire quickly disintegrated. It marked the end of a period of golden conquests and national pride. Even if Nader Shah is considered as a great and influential king, he never reached the level of Cyrus with his unusual open minuends or Shah Abbas for his creation of a united and powerful country.

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