Afsharid dynasty
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| The Afsharid dynasty دودمان افشار |
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| Afsharid Kingdom before the conquest of India, Oman, and Northern Central Asia | |||||
| Capital | Mashhad | ||||
| Language(s) | Persian | ||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||
| Shah | Nader Shah (first) | ||||
| Shahrokh (last) | |||||
| History | |||||
| - Afsharid dynasty begins | 1736 | ||||
| - Afsharid dynasty ends | 1796 | ||||
The Afsharids (Persian: افشاریان) was a dynasty between 1736 to 1796 in Persia, Origin of Afsharid Kings was Greater Khorasan in Northeast of Persia (Turkmenistan). Founder of this Empire was Nader Shah Afshar.
The Afsharid Empire was the greatest Iranian dynasty after Islam.