Empire · approximate1736 – 1796 · 60 years
Afsharid Dynasty
Overview
The Afsharid dynasty was an Iranian dynasty founded by Nader Shah of the Qirqlu clan of the Turkoman Afshar tribe, ruling over Afsharid Iran.
Wikipedia: Afsharid dynasty·CC BY-SA 4.0
Borders & accuracy
Approximate borders
Dashed borders mark empires whose extent we can date but whose precise frontiers are contested or undocumented.
- SOURCEmanual construction / verification
- DETAILdowngraded-unverified
- POLITY TYPEstate
Wars of this empire19
Conflicts whose belligerents name this polity, best-documented first.
- Major conflict · 100K dead
- Significant
- Battle of Jamrud1738Regional
- Battle of Kabul1738Regional
- Regional
- Battle of Khiva1740Regional
- Battle of Basra1743Regional
- Battle of Mosul1743Regional
- Battle of Erivan1745Regional
- Battle of Kars1745Regional
- Battle of Herat1750Regional
- Regional
- Regional
- Regional
- Battle of Meshed1754Regional
- Battle of Basra1775Regional
- Battle of Shusha1795Regional
- Battle of Tiflis1795Regional
- Regional
Open in the atlas →Seeks the timeline to 1736 and fits the map to these borders.
Cite as: Afsharid Dynasty (1736 – 1796). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/e/asia-afsharid-dynasty · Sources & methodology