Afsharid Empire in the context of "Division of the Afsharid Empire"

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⭐ Core Definition: Afsharid Empire

The Guarded Domains of Iran, commonly referred to as Afsharid Iran or the Afsharid Empire, was an Iranian empire established by the Turkoman Afshar tribe in Iran's north-eastern province of Khorasan, the Afsharid dynasty would rule over Iran during the mid 18th century. The dynasty's founder, Nader Shah, was a successful military commander who deposed the last member of the Safavid dynasty in 1736, and proclaimed himself Shah.

During Nader Shah's reign, Iran reached its greatest extent since the time of the Sasanian Empire. At its height it ruled modern-day Iran, the Caucasus, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan and other parts of Central Asia, as well as parts of Arabia, the Indian subcontinent, Iraq and Turkey. After his death, most of his empire was divided between the Zands, Durranis, Georgians, Khanate of Kalat, and the Caucasian khanates, with Afsharid rule 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.

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Afsharid Empire in the context of Afsharid dynasty

The Afsharid dynasty (Persian: افشاریان) was an Iranian dynasty founded by Nader Shah (r. 1736–1747) of the Qirqlu clan of the Turkoman Afshar tribe, ruling over the Afsharid Empire.

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Afsharid Empire in the context of Iranian Armenia (1502–1828)

From 1502 to 1828, during the early modern and late modern era, Eastern Armenia was part of the Iranian empire. Armenians have a history of being divided since the time of the Byzantine Empire and the Sassanid Empire, in the early 5th century. While the two sides of Armenia were sometimes reunited, this became a permanent aspect of the Armenian people.

Following the Arab and Seljuk conquests of Armenia, the western portion, which was initially part of Byzantium, became eventually part of the Ottoman Empire, otherwise known as Ottoman Armenia, while the eastern portion became and was kept part of the Iranian Safavid Empire, Afsharid Empire and Qajar Empire, until it became part of the Russian Empire in the course of the 19th century, following the Treaty of Turkmenchay of 1828.

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← Afsharid dynasty ← Afshar dynasty ← Iranian Armenia (1502–1828)
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List of monarchs of Iran → Turkoman (ethnonym) → Afshar tribe → Khorasan Province → Afsharid dynasty → Iran → Nader Shah → Safavid dynasty → Shah → Sasanian Empire → Caucasus → Afghanistan → Uzbekistan → Central Asia → Arabian Peninsula → Indian subcontinent → Iraq → Turkey → Division of the Afsharid Empire → Zands → Durrani Empire → Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti → Khanate of Kalat → Khanates of the Caucasus → Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar → Qajar Iran → Suzerainty →