Nader Shah
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Nader Shah Afshar was the founder of the Afsharid dynasty of Iran and one of the most powerful rulers in Iranian history, ruling as the emperor of Iran from 1736 to 1747, when he was assassinated duri
Contemporary portrait of Nader Shah. Artist unknown, created in c. 1740 in Iran. Now located in the British Library in London.
Statue of Nader Shah at his tomb
Court scene with Tahmasp II in the centre, and Nader to his left. From an illustrated Indian copy of the Jahangosha-ye Naderi, dated 1757/58.
Nader Shah and two of his sons
Soltan Hoseyn
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Soltan Hoseyn was the Safavid shah of Iran from 1694 to 1722. He was the son and successor of Shah Suleiman.
Contemporary portrait of Soltan Hoseyn, in Distribution of Presents for the New Year by Shah Sultan Husayn, painted by Mohammad Ali ibn Mohammad Zaman, Isfahan, Iran, dated 1720-1721. British Museum
Drawing of the Royal Square (Maydan-e Shah) of Isfahan by Cornelis de Bruijn, dated 1703.
Soltan Hoseyn, King Imam-Qoli Khan's charter to the church of St. David 1708, 1723.
View of Isfahan, illustrated by Cornelis de Bruijn in 1703.