Nader Shah, Shah · Conqueror who sacked Delhi

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RulerShah · Conqueror who sacked Delhi

Nader Shahنادر شاه

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A soldier who ended the Safavids, sacked Delhi and tried to reconcile Sunni and Shi'i Islam.

He drove out Afghan and Ottoman invaders, then made himself shah in 1736, founding the Afsharid dynasty. In 1739 he sacked Delhi and carried off the Peacock Throne. He tried to have Ja'fari Shi'ism accepted as a fifth school of law. He was murdered by his officers.

Who came before and after?

Shah Abbas I

Who else is linked?

Safavid Persia

Source: history · Wikipedia

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