Afsharid Iran
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The Guarded Domains of Iran, commonly referred to as Afsharid Iran, Afsharid Persia or the Afsharid Empire, was an Iranian empire established by the Turkoman Afshar tribe in Iran's north-eastern provi
Painting of Nader Shah
The flank march of Nader's army at Battle of Khyber pass has been called a "military masterpiece" by the Russian general & historian Kursinski
At the Battle of Karnal, Nader crushed an enormous Mughal army six times greater than his own
Afsharid forces negotiate with a Mughal Nawab.
Qajar Iran
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The Guarded Domains of Iran, commonly known as Qajar Iran, was the Iranian state under the rule of the Qajar dynasty, which lasted from 1789 to 1925. It was founded by Agha Mohammad Khan, a chieftain
Afsharid Iran
…being confined to a small local state in Khorasan. The Afsharid dynasty was finally overthrown in 1796 by Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar, who founded the Qajar Empire and reestablished Iranian suzerainty over the previously lost regions. The dynasty was named after the Turkoman Afshar tribe of Khorasan in north-eastern…
Hossein Qoli Khan Qajar (Jahansouz Shah)
Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar Founder of the Qajar dynasty.
Battle of Sultanabad, 13 February 1812. State Hermitage Museum.
Storming of Lankaran, 13 January 1813. Franz Roubaud.