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Conflict Middle East

Nader Shah's Campaigns

1736 CE – 1747 CE · 11 years

The 'Napoleon of Persia' carved out a vast empire from the Indus to the Caucasus. His sack of Delhi in 1739 yielded the Peacock Throne and the Koh-i-Noor diamond, fatally weakening the Mughals.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Afsharid Persia (Nader Shah)
  • Mughal Empire, Ottomans, Uzbeks

Key moments

Defining events in the Nader Shah's Campaigns.

  1. 1739 Battle of Karnal
  2. 1739 Sack of Delhi
  3. 1745 Battle of Kars

Elsewhere in Middle East at the time

Records whose own span overlaps this one, found by the same test the canvas draws with. The bar under each card is where it sits inside this one.

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Landmark · Middle East

Great Pyramid of Giza

2560 BCE – still standing

Polity · Middle East

Safavid Empire

1501 CE – 1736 CE

Conflict · Middle East

Wahhabi Wars / First Saudi State

1744 CE – 1818 CE

Landmark · Middle East

Petra

300 BCE – still standing

Polity · Middle East

Egypt

Attested 3000 BCE – 2026 CE

Landmark · Middle East

Dead Sea

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Middle East

Persia

Attested 400 CE – 1914 CE

Landmark · Middle East

Wadi Rum

3000 BCE – still standing

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1736 CE and 1747 CE.

1744 CE Wahhabi Wars / First Saudi State 1739 CE War of Jenkins' Ear 1740 CE War of the Austrian Succession 1746 CE Carnatic Wars 1747 CE Durrani Empire Conquests

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Grand Canyon Landmark · Americas 3000 BCE – still standing Kingdom of the Two Sicilies Polity · Europe 1738 CE – 1861 CE War of the Austrian Succession Conflict · Europe 1740 CE – 1748 CE Tea Horse Road Trade route · East Asia 700 CE – 1950 CE Thomas Jefferson Figure · America 1743 CE – 1826 CE Great Barrier Reef Landmark · Oceania 3000 BCE – still standing
Image credits7 pictures from Wikimedia Commons
  • Great Pyramid of GizaDouwe C. van der Zee · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Safavid FlagSafavid_Flag.png : Orange Tuesday ( talk ) The original uploader was Orange Tuesday at En… · Public domain
  • PetraAzurfrog · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Flag of EgyptDerived from Part IV Article (223) of the Constitution of The Arab Republic of Egypt. Col… · Public domain
  • Dead Seaلا روسا · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Flag of Iran (official)SVG file: SiBr 4 Designer: Hamid Nadimi Construction: ISIRI · Public domain
  • Wadi RumDaniel Case · CC BY-SA 3.0