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Afsharid dynasty
1736–1796 Iranian dynasty of Turkoman origin
1736–1796 Iranian dynasty of Turkoman origin
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Afsharid |
| coat of arms | Emblem of the Afsharid dynasty.svg |
| coat_of_arms_caption | Seal of Nader Shah |
| image | File:Imperial Flag of Nader Shah (2nd Series) - No. 1.svg |
| image_caption | Imperial flag of Nader Shah |
| parent_family | Afshar tribe |
| country | Afsharid Iran |
| traditions | Shia Islam (Twelver) |
| origin | Dastgerd, Iran |
| founded | 1736 |
| founder | Nader Shah |
| final ruler | Shahrokh Shah |
| deposition | 1796 |
| final_head | Nader Mirza Afshar |
| titles | Shah of Iran |
The Afsharid dynasty () was an Iranian dynasty founded by Nader Shah () of the Qirqlu clan of the Turkoman Afshar tribe, ruling over the Afsharid Empire.
List of Afsharid monarchs
| No. | Shah | Portrait | Reigned from | Reigned until | Time in office | Seal | Coinage | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | **Nader Shah** | [[File:Painting, portrait of Nader Shah seated on a carpet, oil on canvas, probably Tehran, 1780s or 1790s (cropped).jpg | 100px]] | 8 March 1736 | 20 June 1747 | [[File:Emblem of the Afsharid dynasty.svg | 80px]] | [[File:Coin of Nader Shah, minted in Isfahan.jpg | 200px]] | |
| 2 | **Adel Shah** | [[File:Portrait of Adel Shah.jpg | 100px]] | 6 July 1747 | 1 October 1748 | [[File:Coin of the Afsharid shah Adel Shah, struck at the Mashhad mint.jpg | 200px]] | |||
| 3 | **Shahrokh Shah** | [[File:Nader Shah Afshar and his court, India or Iran, 18th century (cropped).jpg | 100px]] | 1 October 1748 | 14 January 1750 | [[File:Shahrokh Afshar coin, struck at the Mashhad mint.jpg | 200px]] | |||
| 4 | **Ebrahim Afshar** | 8 December 1748 | June-July 1749 | [[File:Coin of Ebrahim Shah, struck at the Qazvin mint.jpg | 200px]] | |||||
| 5 | **Shahrokh Shah** | [[File:Nader Shah Afshar and his court, India or Iran, 18th century (cropped).jpg | 100px]] | 20 March 1750 | 1796 | [[File:Shahrokh Afshar coin, struck at the Mashhad mint.jpg | 200px]] |
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