Afsharid dynasty

This article is about the Afsharid royal dynasty. For the royal state, see Afsharid Iran.

Afsharid
Seal of Nader Shah
Imperial flag of Nader Shah
Parent family	Afshar tribe
Country	Afsharid Iran
Place of origin	Greater Khorasan, Iran
Founded	1736
Founder	Nader Shah
Final ruler	Shahrokh Shah
Final head	Nader Mirza Afshar
Titles	Shah of Iran
Traditions	Shia Islam (Twelver)
Deposition	1796

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.

List of Afsharid monarchs

See also: List of kings of Persia

No.	Shah	Portrait	Reigned from	Reigned until	Time in office	Seal	Coinage
1	Nader Shah		8 March 1736	20 June 1747	11 years, 104 days
2	Adel Shah		6 July 1747	1 October 1748	1 year, 87 days	—
3	Shahrokh Shah	—	1 October 1748	14 January 1750	1 year, 105 days	—
4	Ebrahim Afshar	—	8 December 1748	June-July 1749	205 days	—
5	Shahrokh Shah	—	20 March 1750	1796	45 years, 287 days	—

Family tree

Imam Qoli (d. 1704)

Ebrahim Khan (d. 1738)

Nader Shah (r. 1736–1747)1

Adel Shah (r. 1747–1748)2

Ebrahim Afshar (r. 1748–1749)4

Reza Qoli Mirza (b. 1719 – d.1747)

Shahrokh Shah (r. 1748–1750)3 (r. 1750–1796)5

Nader Mirza (d. 1803)

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