1736

Nader Shah Crowned

March 8, 1736

At a great assembly of Persian tribes on the plain of Mughan, Nader Khan Afshar accepted the crown of Iran in place of the child Abbas III. He would prove the greatest Persian conqueror since Shah Abbas, and one of the most terrifying. A new century of violence in Iran was beginning.

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Before and after in Middle East

Before: January 10, 1731: Treaty of Ahmet Pasha
After: June 24, 1739: Treaty of Belgrade

Before and after in Politics

Before: October 8, 1735: Death of the Yongzheng Emperor
After: November 18, 1738: Treaty of Vienna Ends Polish Succession War

Era

Enlightenment (1651–1800), one of 696 events from that era on Saeculum.

Sources

Wikipedia: Nader Shah