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Wikipedia: Nāder Shāh Afshār the Great (November, 1688 or August 6, 1698 – June 19, 1747) ruled as Shah of Iran (1736–47) and was the founder of the Afsharid dynasty. Because of his military genius, some historians have described him as the Napoleon of Persia or the Second Alexander. Nader Shah was a member of the Turcophone Afshar tribe of northern Persia, which had supplied military power to the Safavid state since the time of Shah Ismail I. Nader rose to power during a period of anarchy in Persia after a rebellion by Afghans had overthrown the weak Shah Soltan Hossein, and both the Ottomans and the Russians had seized Persian territory for themselves.
![[Picture of Nader Shah and two of his sons on the reverse side of Nader Shah's Sword]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/_D9_86_D8_A7_D8_AF_D8_B1_D9_88_D9_81_D8_B1_D8_B2_D9_86_D8_AF_D8_A7_D9_86_D8_B4_s.jpg "Picture of Nader Shah and two of his sons on the reverse side of Nader Shah's Sword")
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![[Nader Shah coin from 1151 AH (Islamic Calendar)/1738]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3b/Nader_Coin1.jpg "Nader Shah coin from 1151 AH (Islamic Calendar)/1738")
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![[A Western view of Nader in his later years from a book by Jonas Hanway]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Nadir_Shah_s.jpg "A Western view of Nader in his later years from a book by Jonas Hanway")
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![[Painting of Nader Shah]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/_D9_86_D8_A7_D8_AF_D8_B1_D8_B4_D8_A7_D9_87_s.jpg "Painting of Nader Shah")
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![[Tomb of Nader Shah, a tourist attraction in Mashhad]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Nadershahtomb_s.jpg "Tomb of Nader Shah, a tourist attraction in Mashhad")
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![[Nader Shah Afshar]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Nader_Shah_Afshar_s.jpg "Nader Shah Afshar")
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