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Nader Shah, ruler of Persia from 1736 to 1747, embodied ruthless ambition, energy, military brilliance, cynicism and cruelty. His reign was filled with bloodshed, betrayal and horror. Yet Nader Shah is central to Iran's early modern history. From a shepherd boy he rose to liberate his country from foreign occupation, and make himself Shah. He took eighteenth-century Iran from political collapse to become the dominant power in the region, recovering Herat and Kandahar, conquering Moghul Delhi, plundering the enormous treasures of India, repeatedly defeating Ottoman Turkey, and overrunning most of what is now Iraq.But suspicion and avarice led him to persecute the Persian people as savagely as any foreign conqueror had done. "The Sword of Persia" recreates the story of a remarkable, ruthless man, capable of both charm and brutality, who became a monster of insane cruelty. It is a rich narrative, full of dramatic incident, including much new research into original Iranian and other material, which will prove indispensable to historians and students.
Contents
List of Maps and Illustrations vii
Acknowledgments ix
Note on Transliteration xi
Preface xv
Prologue Zenith 1
Chapter One The Fall of the Safavid Dynasty 17
Chapter Two Tahmasp Qoli Khan 57
Chapter Three War with the Afghans 75
Chapter Four War with the Ottomans 99
Chapter Five Coup d'État 117
Chapter Six Nader Shah 137
Chapter Seven To the Gates of Delhi 175
Chapter Eight The Ruin of Persia 211
Chapter Nine Towers of Skulls 243
Chapter Ten Full Circle 275
Notes 287
Select Bibliography 329
Index 339
