{"slug": "nader-shah", "label": "Nader Shah", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nader_Shah", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q192868", "qid": "Q192868", "description": "Shah of Iran (r. 1736–47) and founder of the Afsharid dynasty", "entries": 13, "years": 10, "span": [1726, 1744], "span_label": ["1726 CE", "1744 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 12}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "iran", "label": "Iran", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "persia", "label": "Persia", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "afghanistan", "label": "Afghanistan", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "herat", "label": "Herat", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "mughal-empire", "label": "Mughal Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "tabriz", "label": "Tabriz", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "mosul", "label": "Mosul", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "delhi", "label": "Delhi", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1726, "year_label": "1726 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Late 1726 – Nader Shah recaptures Mashhad.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372345509#Date_unknown", "title": "1726", "revid": 1372345509, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1729, "year_label": "1729 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 29", "text": "September 29 – The Battle of Damghan begins as the Persian Safavid Army, commanded by General Nader Khan Afshar confronts a larger force of rebel Afghan troops commanded by the Emir Ashraf Hotak.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368871381#July–September", "title": "1729", "revid": 1368871381, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1730, "year_label": "1730 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 12", "text": "August 12 – General Nader Khan of Persia captures Tabriz from the Ottoman Empire, bringing an end to the Western Persia Campaign, the first major action in the Ottoman–Persian War (1730–1735). Tabriz becomes a permanent part of Iran. Nader leaves the city four days later to begin the Herat Campaign of 1731.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369560881#July–September", "title": "1730", "revid": 1369560881, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1730, "year_label": "1730 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 9", "text": "March 9 – General Nader Khan of Persia opens the first campaign of the Ottoman–Persian War (1730–1735), guiding the Persian Army from Shiraz and starting the Western Persia Campaign against the Ottoman Empire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369560881#January–March", "title": "1730", "revid": 1369560881, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1732, "year_label": "1732 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 16", "text": "April 16 – After his disastrous attempt to fight the Ottoman Empire, Shah Tahmasp II is removed from the throne of Iran by one of his generals, Nader Khan, who later proclaims himself the King of Persia in Tahmasp's place as Nader Shah.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369314491#April–June", "title": "1732", "revid": 1369314491, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1732, "year_label": "1732 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "February 27", "text": "February 27 – Herat Campaign: General Nader Shah of Persia (now Iran) suppresses the rebellion by Zulfiqar Khan in the city of Herat in what is now Afghanistan.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369314491#January–March", "title": "1732", "revid": 1369314491, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1736, "year_label": "1736 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "March 8", "text": "March 8 – Nader Shah, founder of the Afsharid dynasty, is crowned Shah of Iran on a date selected by court astrologers.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360559528#January–March", "title": "1736", "revid": 1360559528, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1737, "year_label": "1737 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 22", "text": "April 22 – In Afghanistan, Persian shah Nader Shah begins the 11-month Siege of Kandahar against the Pashtun Emir of Afghanistan, Hussain Hotak. The surviving Afghanis surrender on March 24, 1738.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367176390#April–June", "title": "1737", "revid": 1367176390, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1739, "year_label": "1739 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "February 24", "text": "February 24 – Battle of Karnal: The army of Iranian ruler Nader Shah defeats the forces of the Mughal emperor of India, Muhammad Shah.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340647395#January–March", "title": "1739", "revid": 1340647395, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1739, "year_label": "1739 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 20", "text": "March 20 – Nader Shah occupies Delhi, India and sacks the city, stealing the jewels of the Peacock Throne, including the Koh-i-Noor.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340647395#January–March", "title": "1739", "revid": 1340647395, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1741, "year_label": "1741 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 15", "text": "May 15 – Nader Shah, Emperor of Persia, narrowly escapes an assassination attempt.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360183595#April–June", "title": "1741", "revid": 1360183595, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1743, "year_label": "1743 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 23", "text": "October 23 – After almost six weeks, Nader Shah of Persia lifts the siege of Mosul.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360887949#October–December", "title": "1743", "revid": 1360887949, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1744, "year_label": "1744 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 29", "text": "July 29 – Nader Shah lays siege to the Ottoman citadel of Kars.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370823870#July–September", "title": "1744", "revid": 1370823870, "section": "Events › July–September"}}]}