Afsharid
Seal of Nader Shah
Afsharid flag under Nader Shah
Parent familyAfshar tribe
CountryAfsharid Iran
Place of originGreater Khorasan, Iran
Founded1736
FounderNader Shah
Final rulerShahrokh Shah
Final headNader Mirza Afshar
TitlesShah of Iran
TraditionsShia Islam (Twelver)
Deposition1796

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]

List of Afsharid monarchs

See also: List of kings of Persia
No. Shah Portrait Reigned from Reigned until Time in office Seal Coinage
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

  1. ^ a b Tucker 2012.
  2. ^ Stöber 2010.

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