How Nader Shah Became Asia's Last Great Conqueror | History Documentary

In 1698, a child was born in the mountainous regions of North Khorasan. Despite the fact that he came from no royal lineage-his father was a mere shepherd-he would one day become the last of the Asiatic world-conquerors, in the vein of Timur and Chinggis Khan. The boy’s name was Nadr-Qoli, meaning “servant of the wonderous one (God)”. There was nothing about Nadr-Qoli’s circumstances which marked him out for greatness. His ancestry was undistinguished, his place of birth remote, and his social connection were unremarkable. The collapse of the Safavid Empire, however, would provide the opening that a young ambitious man required. With Persia being overrun by the Hotaks, Nader took charge of the fight back, expelling the Afghans from the country. From there he established the Afsharid Dynasty and declared his mission to conquer lands in all directions. In the process, he became Asia’s Last Great Conqueror.
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0:00 Intro
1:20 Hotak Afghans Overrun Persia
5:59 Nader Begins The Fight To Expel The Afghans
10:40 Safavid Kingmaker
17:06 Becoming Shahnshah
19:30 Unifier Of Islam
22:12 Afghan & Indian Campaigns
29:45 Conquest Of Transoxiana & Conflict In Dagestan
34:19 Rebellions Grow As Nader Declines

[@HikmaHistory]

Which other epic conquerors would you like to see a long-format documentary on, and why? For the full Early Modern History playlist: kzbin.info/aero/PLiPhmAD3I2JwdVOt4lI39d3XENLktUgP5

[@Qoral-ef5rz]

Nader Shah was born earlier, right? So is Nader really the "Asian Napoleon"? Or is Napoleon the "European Nader"? 🤔

[@funhub5759]

@@Qoral-ef5rzyup I always thought the same he did it before napoleon

[@HikmaHistory]

This thought crossed my mind multiple times in the production for this video!

[@lambert801]

​@@Qoral-ef5rz And Napoleon himself was famously an admirer of Nader and had read about all of his campaigns. I even remember reading somewhere that one of his actual nicknames _was_ "Nader of France" (but I'm not sure how true this is). So, I think calling Napoleon "Nader of France" would be more justified than calling Nader "Napoleon of Persia."

[@sableeve5796]

The story of Ertugrul

[@soroushmahmoudiandehkordi4858]

Great Nader. Only 17 years after fall of Isfahan, he conquered New Delhi.

[@Qoral-ef5rz]

He sacked Delhi, but didn't annex it. But regardless, his actions cemented the decline of Muslim power in India. He and his protégé Abdali all but guaranteed that the Mughals, and other North Indian Muslim nobles, would lack the resources to rule. And a few generations later, it led to Muslims being limited to the peripheries of India (i.e. Pakistan and Bangladesh).

[@soroushmahmoudiandehkordi4858]

@@Qoral-ef5rz yes it was impossible, to rule there. But even defeating of Moghuls was a masterpiece of his genius and leadership.

[@Qoral-ef5rz]

@@soroushmahmoudiandehkordi4858 The Mughals were already in decline, having fought civil wars and rebellions for years. By the time Nader showed up at Delhi, the Mughal emperor literally just opened the gates for him... but that didn't stop him from ransacking the place. Anyways, my main gripe with him is that he basically caused the complete loss of Muslim-ruled India.

[@soroushmahmoudiandehkordi4858]

@@Qoral-ef5rz they were declining but Moghuls in Karnal had army twice of Nader’s, that make sense since india were much bigger and more populated. Still he managed to defeat them. And yes, what he did in delhi was barbaric.

[@persianguy1524]

“Attempted, rather unconvincingly, to reassure Nader shah. The friars then presented their gifts, which included a fine illustrated Bible. Abbas opened it by chance at a picture of St Michael brandishing his sword over a prostrate Lucifer. He asked who the vanquished figure was, and on being told it was the Devil, he laughed and said he thought it was the Turk - glancing over at the ambassador as he said this, at the Ottoman pasha, 'for he lost no opportunity to mock them.'"

[@BiNumLi]

If you had just told me he beat the Ottomans, that would have been proof enough of his status. Amazing how he perfected the use of artillery just like Napoleon.

[@Qoral-ef5rz]

If you think that's impressive, wait until you hear about the Afghan Hotaks. They overthrew the Safavids, and then beat back the Ottomans when they tried to restore their traditional rivals to the Iranian throne. That's a 2-in-1. Nader came after them.

[@Poiyti]

Napoleon stopped searching when he was defeated, but Nader Shah was defeated only once in his life, by Topal Pasha of the Ottoman Empire. After his defeat, he quickly returned to Iran and prepared an army. People from all over Iran came to his aid. Topal still Not happy for his victory, when Nader's new army reached him, Nader fought again with Topal and defeated Topal Pasha and killed him in the middle of the battle. He sent Topal Pasha's body to Istanbul with respect. Nader the Great was a legend.

[@Poiyti]

The Afghans were not capable of overthrowing the Safavids. After suppressing the Afghans, Nader Shah dismissed the Safavids and established the Afshariya in a meeting in the Mughan plain.​@@Qoral-ef5rz

[@MichaelCorleone654]

@@Qoral-ef5rz They had a brief surge but it’s still nothing compared to Nader’s accomplishments.

[@Roust7]

First of all Napoleon was the Nader Qoli of Europe. But there was one big difference Nader Shah won all of his battles except one and he never has to surrender like Napoleon.

[@Yellow-kp9gs]

Napoleon literally had to fight the most powerful countries on earth and not only defeated them but until 1809 he made it look exceptionally easily. Even after 1809 the allies were only able to beat him by copying him and not engaging him directly in combat until they had overwhelming superiors in numbers. They’re both brilliant but there’s a reason Napoleon is considered the best.

[@powahpower2463]

Matter of perspective To the west, Nadar Qoli was the Napoleon of Asia To the Islamic world, Napoleon was the Nadar Qoli of Europe

[@soroushmahmoudiandehkordi4858]

@@Yellow-kp9gs Nader was also fighting ottomans and moghuls which were super powers of their time. They were declining, but I think Ottomans were still way more powerful than any other European country at that time.

[@Yellow-kp9gs]

@@soroushmahmoudiandehkordi4858 Ottomans we’re largely in decline by this point- the Austrians often sent more men to fight the French in this period than they did to fight the ottomans. The Mughal empire was also doing poorly in this period, which is also mentioned in this video. Regardless Nadar never had to fight multiple great powers/coalitions at once, many of which contained the most powerful armies and empires in the world. Nadar was great but Napoleon was the far better general.

[@soroushmahmoudiandehkordi4858]

@@Yellow-kp9gs that’s true. But France was industrialized country during Napoleon. Iran was not and it was in decline for so many years and it was a divided country.

[@reevanamin5865]

Nader Shah was before Napoleon. Napoleon is the European Nader Shah

[@Saka41]

ever heard about ranjit singh

[@highjacker_kidnapper]

​@@Saka41Lol just some regional kings nothing else 😂

[@tusharkashyap8144]

@@highjacker_kidnapper nepoleon of iran not asia 😂. You make own happiness

[@highjacker_kidnapper]

@@tusharkashyap8144 Says an ignorant with no knowledge of history

[@tusharkashyap8144]

@@highjacker_kidnapper ohh you know about history. So why are you come here in this video. May be you come here for advertisement of Nader shah. Lol average kid.

[@HistoryOfRevolutions]

I've read that one of the positive aspects of his rule was that he ended sectarianism between Shias and Sunnis in Iran, and he created a council of scholars which consisted of both Sunni and Shia Ulema. This changed the trend of shia domination of the Safavid era.

[@ou6775]

This was great, thank you.

[@theimmortalgrenadier3851]

Thank's for making this video! Nader Shah is a very underrated but badass figure in history. I'm glad that your bringing his exploits and conquests to light!

[@bigsarge2085]

Interesting and informative, thank you!

[@HikmaHistory]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@persianguy1524]

@@HikmaHistory “Attempted, rather unconvincingly, to reassure Nader shah. The friars then presented their gifts, which included a fine illustrated Bible. Abbas opened it by chance at a picture of St Michael brandishing his sword over a prostrate Lucifer. He asked who the vanquished figure was, and on being told it was the Devil, he laughed and said he thought it was the Turk - glancing over at the ambassador as he said this, at the Ottoman pasha, 'for he lost no opportunity to mock them.'"

[@klauslover3949]

As an Iranian I thank you for this. Nader Shah must be one of our most underrated Shahs. Everyone always talk about Cyruce the Great or Shah Ismail but we Iranians, especially Turkmens respect and love Nader Shah a lot. He was a true hero that protrcted our land.

[@watup3494]

Turkemans are from Mongolia 😂

[@watup3494]

Kurds, Aryans=Ar+yan in Kurdish are the only real indiginous people of what you call Iran now in the past 100 years. Persian/Parthian is also a kurdish word. Pars/parastin all Kurdish words and have Kurdish meaning. Tirkeman are from Mongolia so if you don't look like a Mongol then you were a kurd who speaks Turkish language 😂😂😂

[@haadihassan7922]

​@@watup3494kurds were always nomadic in nature and are of iranic origin. There's a reason they're spread over from Syria, Turkey and Iraq all the way to northern Iran. It's not about a single ethnicity here bro. Iranians are not only Farsi.

[@haadihassan7922]

​@@watup3494turkmens are from what's present day Turkmenistan. They have mongoloid genes in them just like all of Centra Asia and even beyond but they're a different people.

[@haadihassan7922]

Yes bro, Nader Shah is underrated for sure. He was a great leader and a military genius.

[@aliagayev8356]

Such an informative video. Hugely grateful!

[@HikmaHistory]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@joeshmoe8345]

Awesome thanks

[@ziahabib15]

Your videos and content are getting more refined by the day. Great job and dera manana!

[@melaniehassler2405]

Excellent presentation, as usual. Dense but very well-paced 🏅🏆⭐️

[@AbhyudayaSinh]

Very informative ❤

[@michaelrredford]

Thanks!

[@HikmaHistory]

My pleasure, thanks Michael!

[@StoicHistorian]

Excited to watch!

[@HikmaHistory]

My guy!

[@schrodingers-gat]

Fresh material. Cool. 😎 I’m digging the channel, brother. ❤

[@HikmaHistory]

Much appreciated

[@ikklapje789]

epic video, realy enjoyed it.

[@HikmaHistory]

Glad to hear it!

[@Ali-fx6jd]

Well made!

[@mhmadbedrddeen3414]

He didn't invent Jaafarism, he adapted the name so it can be acceptable to suunis who follow 4 schools to make them five schools in Islam, Jaafarism is 12ver shia and 12ver shia is Jaafarism, yes he tried to use it for his own ambitions by changing and adding, somethings he was right about others he wasn't, at the end he is not scholar but a warlord who tried to replicate the sunni warlords

[@Therock151214]

He was Tafzili Jafari. Shi’ism comes in two major strains Tafzilism and Rafidism. Although he was a Rafidi earlier on in his life he began to lean towards Tafzilism later on. Many early adherents of Zaydi or Jafari Madhab were in fact Tafzili.

[@mhmadbedrddeen3414]

@@Therock151214 Yeah maybe it's the case, but at his time their were no tafdilis, these were called Zaydis, 12ers were all rafidis, probably it was a political move to lore the sunnis for his own interests, jaafaris were never tafdilis, tafdilis were at the time of Imam Ali who followed him politically not theologically when he held power, Imam Jaafar As-Sadeq wasn't born yet, those were just shia politically called tafdili

[@zxera9702]

Aren't 12ers all rafidis considering they don't accept the caliphate of the first three caliphs as per the definition "rejectors"?

[@mhmadbedrddeen3414]

@@zxera9702 Yes all are, except negligible individuals Apparently Nader shah wanted to appease the sunnis by accepting the 3 for his own political and self interests

[@persianguy1524]

“Attempted, rather unconvincingly, to reassure Nader shah. The friars then presented their gifts, which included a fine illustrated Bible. Abbas opened it by chance at a picture of St Michael brandishing his sword over a prostrate Lucifer. He asked who the vanquished figure was, and on being told it was the Devil, he laughed and said he thought it was the Turk - glancing over at the ambassador as he said this, at the Ottoman pasha, 'for he lost no opportunity to mock them.'"

[@armaanghafarian7234]

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[@mroshany1281]

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[@HikmaHistory]

Thank you!

[@mohamednazirbasharat913]

Great substance and presentation❤❤❤❤

[@HikmaHistory]

Thank you very much!

[@fredericchopin4821]

Thank you for this video! The long wait for a video on Persia’s Alexander is finally over. And that too 38 minutes long! Quite a treat, Hikma! ❤️

[@AFGeezy]

This one’s a banger

[@samankucher5117]

i like the historical Iranian llustrations the art style is very cool and cartoony :)

[@kiansedaghaty7900]

Epic!

[@unusualhistorian1336]

Great documentary as always!

[@HikmaHistory]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@TheHypnogog]

Interesting discovery. Glad youtube directed me to this.

[@sirusjohnsepar4248]

Wonderful 😂❤ very informative 👏 Thanks ❤ good luck best wishes cyrus London 😅

[@ceegle]

this seems like it will be interesting!

[@HikmaHistory]

What ya think?

[@ceegle]

I enjoyed it, interesting topic about something I'd never hear about otherwise.@@HikmaHistory

[@theblueskyisstolensunlight]

Academic Minorsky describes his native language as "Turkish of Azerbaijan." He wrote letters to Ottoman Vizier Hakimzade and Muhammed Shah of Moghols in Azerbaijani turkic. Abraham III of Armenia (Kretatsi), the Catolicos met and stayed with Nadir Shah and quoted him in his book in armenian alphabet. Those quotes are indistinguishable from modern-day Azerbaijani.

[@funhub5759]

Was waiting for this Thank you. Mahmoud of Ghazni will be a great topic too

[@HikmaHistory]

Decent shout!

[@grimgoreironhide9985]

I read book about him. It describes how Persia was constantly financially broke because he needed the money to fund his armies. So he used his armies to raid neighbours. His Indian “conquest” was nothing more than raid. He was a constant thorn to the Ottomans. Defeating them several times. He “innovated” a special type of mobile artillery. Camels had small cannons strapped to them. Like a medieval Toyota with a .50Cal gun. The biggest what if was when he nearly went to battle against the Russians. The Russian had a Prussian style army and doctrine. It would have been interesting how his tactics would do well against Prussian military doctrine.

[@personalmobile9421]

Sir , there is nothing called Persia , this name was used for the first time during pahlavi dynasty about 60 years ago , he wanted to claim Iran as an Persian country but it ended with a bloody revolution , Safavids were Kurdish , Afsharyds were Kurdish , Zands were lure , Qajars were Azeri , Pahlavi was Persian , it's a disrespect to call iran Persia

[@refikkartaler2081]

@@personalmobile9421. 😂 safawids and afshars were not kurdish ignorant, afshar is one of the clans of oghuz

[@personalmobile9421]

@@refikkartaler2081 I'm one of the Afsharyds family , we live in Khorasan, we still have our Afsharyds unique culture and dances 😂😂😂 internet is a free source , use it honey

[@agostocobain2729]

@@personalmobile9421 Kurds are Iranians, so jus tell people to say Iranian. My mother is Kurdish from Bukan Iran, and we are fully aware of being Iranians. If you look at those Iranian ethnicities you listed, they all share almost the same genetics.

[@personalmobile9421]

@@agostocobain2729 but the revolutionaries are saying different , the (Jin Jian Azadi) movement says something else , you are not a Kurd , you are a (Jash) If you are sure about Kurds to consider themselves as Iranian , then why are they fighting , why they got the republic of Mahabad , or i have a suggestion , why don't your beloved Iran government is not making a voting ??? More than 1500 kurdish people got executed by Iran , yes yes we love Iran 😂😂😂 Edit: I found your other comments , you introduced yourself as an Azeri 😂😂😂 I knew you are not Kurd

[@Poiyti]

Nader 17 years after the fall of the capital of Iran, he conquered India, the country of Iran was in a state of chaos, but how did Nader Kabir turn that country into a superpower in Asia? Nader's last campaign was against the Ottomans. Nader Shah had 375 thousand soldiers with him to show his power🇮🇷💙🇮🇳

[@prateeksharma6706]

Dude he didnt conqure india he just sacked delhi and went home 😑 In india we only study him as part of decline of mughal empire which he sealed

[@ShubhamKumar-vd9xy]

Supporters of Nader are not our brothers 😢

[@KanuniSuleyman4857]

​@@ShubhamKumar-vd9xy why india is always an easy target of foreign powers I really wonder sometimes

[@ShubhamKumar-vd9xy]

@@KanuniSuleyman4857 bcz of weak rulers who fought among themselves

[@KanuniSuleyman4857]

@@ShubhamKumar-vd9xy Even now Indian subcontinet is too divided to be conquered again by other powers. We're divided into different religious factions I.e Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs, Christians etc who want to establish their own absolute rule over entire subcontinent and always fight among themselves. India has been in a state of chaos since Aurangzeb Alamgir died and power struggle started in this region

[@lambert801]

The comparison between Napoleon and Nader is deeper and more fitting than it may appear. Like Napoleon-who dreamed of uniting all of Europe under the banner of France-Nader had dreams of uniting the Islamic world under the banner of Iran-both of them failed. Both of these guys were also nationalists and thought that their country is superior to all the rest. They were both brilliant commanders, politicians and conquerors, and lived during the same historical period (Early Modern period), separated by only a few decades.

[@Spartan_Disiplin]

Nadir Shah was not an Iranian nationalist, but a Turkish supremacist. Even though they were often his enemies, he respected the Ottoman Empire and adopted them as a role model for his own state.

[@ShubhamKumar-vd9xy]

Except that Napoleon is not criminal meanwhile Nader is criminal

[@lambert801]

@@ShubhamKumar-vd9xy Napoleon wasn't a criminal? If white-worshipping was a crime you'd be on death row.

[@SuarPutraRaamSuarPillaShivai]

​@@ShubhamKumar-vd9xyn Pajeet Slayer 😂😂

[@SonofBabylon1990]

Please make a video about Emir Khattab ❤

[@Chningoftzartosht]

Nader shah 💚 🤍☀️ 🦁🤍❤

[@Afshar1.]

Turkic Leader ❤

[@mahdi-oe6mk]

​​​@@Afshar1. so what??? Nader iran zamin?

[@persianguy1524]

@@Afshar1. he wasnt a turkic mongol

[@Afshar1.]

@@persianguy1524 🤣

[@Chningoftzartosht]

@@Afshar1. you say he was turk I say he was the leader of Iran and he was Iranian you love him I love him both are right .

[@swamykatragadda8661]

Thanks for the hard work in producing this documentary. I read long ago that GODEN PEACOCK THRONE he took from Delhi-- India was the main asset against which Iranians issued their currency until oil was discovered.

[@user-pc3ts8yc5b]

The artefacts of high culture has always been attractive for invaders! Unfortunately, persians couldn't value it and had already dismantled the peacock throne to sell its gold and diamonds

[@Kaye1434]

Hi Hikma, if you would cover the battle in detail in your video. No one can beat your channel.

[@HikmaHistory]

Which battle?

[@user-pc3ts8yc5b]

@@HikmaHistory Siege of Baghdad in 1733

[@Chningoftzartosht]

Nader the great ❤

[@yuzemir]

Nadir Shah is a Trojan horse that entered the Islamic world. It weakened the Ottomans who were fighting the Crusaders in the west. He fought against the Turans who fought against the Russians in the north. Since Turan was weakened, the Russians captured Turan in these years. He disgraced the Mughal empire, which led to local tribal uprisings in India. Taking advantage of the weakness of the Mughal Emperor in the south of India, non-Muslim Indians, in cooperation with the British, destroyed the weakened Mughal Empire. The effect is still felt today. His sect is none of my business. When I look at the results, he always fought with Muslims. The wars he fights are wars fought only to satisfy his own ego.

[@reeyees50]

And when he died, all that he worked for vanished. He was a force imposing his own will, and once he was gone, so did it too

[@mjiqbal810]

His rule is known as "nader shahee" equated with loot or looting in addition to the murder of thousands of people in Delhi.

[@Qoral-ef5rz]

An apt way to put it. He is like Timur, in this sense. Timur caused the Ottoman Interregnum, puppeteered Turco-Mongol Khans, and destabilized the Tughlaq dynasty in India. Nader did basically the same thing, but in the early-modern age. As for his religion, his official espousal of a heretical sect is condemnable enough. But it's possible he was an atheist.

[@khansahb8]

This is similar to what to timur did

[@berdigylychrejepbayev7503]

just like timur. these two guys were curse on muslims and islam.

[@aliakbaryahya583]

Nader's empire at its peak was larger than Napoleon's empire at its peak. So It is more accurate to say Napoleon was Nader of the west rather than Nader was Napoleon of the east. Also you failed to mention that Nader firmly believed in separation of religious establishments from state. Naader was a great warrior and war tactician but not a statesman. He went mad during the last years of his reign. But never the lest he saved Iran.

[@J_man247]

The culture and military history of this region is very interesting and largely overshadowed by later western military domination and the Ottomans. Iran was using modern gun powder technology while napoleons ancestors were still in diapers. Very interesting video, told well too. Thank you

[@umartoshtemirov]

Anothet great turk! thank you for video🎉

[@user-pc3ts8yc5b]

Napoleon left durable institutions on which modern France was built up, including the Napoleonic Code, the judicial system, the central bank and the country's financial organization, military academies, and a centralized university. What this Naderjan left? What is his legacy? Nothing!!!

[@reziinho1414]

Built the worlds strongest army in less than a decade, translated the Bible and other works into Farsi, placed agreements with Ottomans which allowed Iranians to go on pilgrimage to Mecca, regained all of irans lost lands + wasn’t exiled like a wuss on a cozy island 🏝️😂 all whilst being a nobody shepherd and Napoleon grew up in nobility and all the military training in the world

[@reeyees50]

He left a strong iran, identity and jurisprudence

[@user-pc3ts8yc5b]

@@reeyees50 You have to prove it bro! What was the identity before then? What did jurisprudence look like in Safavid dynasty? How did Nader change it? Why did Nader change it? Based on what you think this legacy still exists? What made this legacy survive ?

[@lambert801]

IRAN is the legacy of Nader. If not for him, I don't think Iran would ever have been reunited again.

[@user-pc3ts8yc5b]

​@@reziinho1414 Did this "strongest nomadic army" could take any Ottoman city? Booooom! Bingoooo! hahaha Napoleon changed the course of history, dude! Nader just regained former Safavid land! Another bingo ahahaha

[@PunGa-or9sx]

YES

[@maxtryme1508]

Hikma is wrong he didnt sought to unify the islamic caliphate. Nor did he lean toward any sides like sunni or shia. He had an agnostic view about islam. He just used islam to gain his political views just like timur did. Nader shah had secular views.

[@zainmudassir2964]

I like old paintings in South and Western Asia had portraits of Kings with halo around it

[@Historian-Perspective]

It was an absolute pleasure to prepare the first draft of the script for this video. I see how you have improved on it to fit a video format better. Hi Everyone, I'm a historian of the early modern Turco-Persianate world at St Andrews University in Scotland, and I had the pleasure of meeting Hikma all the way back during my PhD. I'm doing my best to bring the research we do in academia to a wider audience through platforms such as KZbin, and this is part of that. I am currently working to get my research monograph on post-Safavid and Naderid Iran published with a university press, and I am curious to see what kind of topics you find interesting on this subject (Iranian imperial identity? Nader's military reforms? the structure of his empire? his claims to the legacy of Timur? his religious reforms to unify Shia and Sunni?). -Amir

[@berdigylychrejepbayev7503]

it would be great if you could prepare a video about the relationship between iranian dynasties and turkmen subjects since the latter was main part of rebellious groups and the core part of imperial army. as far as I know all of irans turkic dynasties used Turkmen to found their empire but then all those dynasties had to fight against turkmen at some point.

[@persianguy1524]

@@berdigylychrejepbayev7503they weren’t turkic though but usually mixed and Persianized, making them Persian

[@HikmaHistory]

Great point!@@berdigylychrejepbayev7503

[@HikmaHistory]

The pleasure was all mine Parsa, thank you again for your invaluable help!

[@user-pc3ts8yc5b]

It would be interesting to see new findings about the legitimacy issue of Nodir. Obviously, Nodir was quite a weak figure in terms of legitimate power. Therefore, it would be interesting to research to understand to what extent Nodir's legitimacy was weak and what was Nodir's vision on establishing his legitimacy to rule

[@smokiebad]

Legend has it that his subordinates assassinated him because they suspected him of having a secret alliance with the crusaders. The British Empire (in India), Russian Empire (in north), & Austrian Empire (against Ottomans) greatly benefited from Nader's wars and raids.

[@zab0797]

Napoleon should be called Western Nader, not the other way round

[@Secular_Iran_GE]

he is true Napoleon of Iran 👑🇮🇷🇮🇷🇮🇷👑

[@persianguy1524]

Persian napoleon

[@theheroickhan]

About the Turkic origin of Nader Shah Afshar and the Afsharid dynasty: "Born in November 1688 into a humble pastoral family, then at its winter camp in Darra Gaz in the mountains north of Mashad, Nāder belonged to a group of the Qirqlu branch of the Afšār Turkmen. Beginning in the 16th century, the Safavids had settled groups of Afšārs in northern Khorasan to defend Mashad against Uzbek incursions." "Nāder's focus on common Turkmen descent likewise was designed to establish a broad political framework that could tie him, more closely than his Safavid predecessors, to both Ottomans and Mughals. When describing Nāder's coronation, Astarābādi called the assembly on the Moğān steppe a quriltäy, evoking the practice of Mughal and Timurid conclaves that periodically met to select new khans. In various official documents, Nāder recalled how he, Ottomans, Uzbeks, and Mughals shared a common Turkmen heritage. This concept for him resembled, in broad terms, the origin myths of 15th century Anatolian Turkmen dynasties. However, since he also addressed the Mughal emperor as a "Turkmen" ruler, Nāder implicitly extended the word "Turkmen" to refer, not only to progeny of the twenty-four Gozz tribes, but to Timur's descendants as well." - Encyclopædia Iranica, Nāder Shah

[@persianguy1524]

@@theheroickhan “Attempted, rather unconvincingly, to reassure the shah. The friars then presented their gifts, which included a fine illustrated Bible. Abbas opened it by chance at a picture of St Michael brandishing his sword over a prostrate Lucifer. He asked who the vanquished figure was, and on being told it was the Devil, he laughed and said he thought it was the Turk - glancing over at the ambassador as he said this, at the Ottoman pasha, 'for he lost no opportunity to mock them.'"

[@persianguy1524]

@@theheroickhannader shah literally mocked torks

[@theheroickhan]

​​@@persianguy1524Sources ? Nader Shah called Iran "the hereditary possession of the noble people of the Turkmans"

[@sableeve5796]

Can u do the real story of Ertugrul

[@alis9847]

Throughout our history, We consistently lose to traitors from our own ranks! Nader the great.

[@atifimushtaq2139]

Can you a video about Ahmad shah massoud the man who ended the Cold War please please

[@user-dl5ln3wd6f]

He wasn’t the only commander who fought their, there was multiple other Pashtun and even Arab Generals who played a big role in that war. He was overrated by the west because they wanted him to rule instead of taliban.

[@atifimushtaq2139]

@@user-dl5ln3wd6f I would disagree with you comment, just because he was the only commander, who fought off nine Soviet major assault on panjshir and Soviets never captured his base on third of the Soviet casualties were as a result of his attacks performed the northern alliance on both other tribes and ethnic group into one he was also respected and loved by his enemies and his friends during 1998, when all the other commanders like you’ve mentioned, left and run away from Afghanistan, he was the only true commando or a leader who stayed in Afghanistan for the whole time till his assassination, and never left this country as people

[@persianguy1524]

No hes not gonna make a vid cause hikmat is pashtun

[@persianguy1524]

Hikma is pashtun. Doubt hell make a vid about him

[@user-cj4oj7yn8g]

دا واقعا د افسوس ځای دی چې افغانان د خپل ځلانده تاریخ سره داسې هېروي

[@user-ro1yn2om4b]

Now that’s a great timing!!A week ago I was reading about Nader Shah’s glorious conquests in Mughal India😊

[@philipgodal2469]

The video mentions many rebellions but does not go into why they occured. Why did so many decide to rebell against his rule?

[@literallynothinghere9089]

why is Ahmed Shah Durrani not called as the 'Last Asiatic conqueror'? His empire was only slightly smaller than Nader and he also attacked and won against 3 civilizations. Persia, Steppes and India @Hikma History

[@Poiyti]

Nader the Great became king from nothing and defeated the Ottomans, Russia and India, Ahmed stole part of Nader's wealth and attacked India, which was in ruins.

[@literallynothinghere9089]

@@Poiyti Good answer

[@user-yh8xg4ny5y]

​@@literallynothinghere9089😂 But ultimately Sikhs captured Peshawar 🗿 🇮🇳 Pashtun Biggest City

[@literallynothinghere9089]

@@user-yh8xg4ny5y Marathas were defeated though

[@indiafirst3676]

@@literallynothinghere9089 Marathas only faced a temporary setback at Panipat in 1761. Just 10 years later in 1771 Marathas recaptured Delhi & Panipat from the Rohillas to recover their power back over North India. 2nd Anglo-Maratha War 1803 was the real knockout punch from which the Marathas never recovered again

[@user-cj4oj7yn8g]

It is really sad that Afghans, with their brilliant history, forget it like this

[@AlMuqaddimahYT]

This is a good video. Let me show you how to make it great. :)

[@ceegle]

🪑

[@AlMuqaddimahYT]

Dude, joking aside (you know I always have to be mean), this is a really good video. I'm legit cancelling my video on Nader Shah because of this. Amazing work!

[@HikmaHistory]

Haha thanks man, spent a whole bunch of time on it. If I had some more time, I could've made it better.

[@ibrahimmohammedibrahim9273]

Why you guys stopped doing livestream collaboration...? 😢

[@user-pc3ts8yc5b]

HIKMA HISTORY! Why did you skip the part with Tamerlane's curse????? in 1740, Nader stole the gravestone of Tamerlane because he idolized Timurids. The next morning Iran woke up from a terrible devastating earthquake, then uprising in Dagestan, then Nader blinded his own son. Shocked by this consequence of events, Naderjan immediately brought the gravestone back to Guri Emir mausoleum.

[@reziinho1414]

😂😂😂 He stole it because Tamoor the Lame desecrated Ferdowsi’s tomb

[@user-pc3ts8yc5b]

@@reziinho1414 this story has no historical basis behind it. As far as I know, there is no evidence to suggest that Timur ever even visited this person's tomb. Or even mentioned about such person. Just bullshit!

[@user-pc3ts8yc5b]

@@reziinho1414 Nader's love for Tamerlane cost him his own life and demise of his kingdom!

[@Spartan_Disiplin]

They trolled each other

[@akbarshokrifirouzjaee1837]

It is interesting to know that Mirza Shafi Mazandarani (the minister of Agha Muhammad Khan Qajar) suggested that Shah Rukh Shah(the Nader Shah's sun) and one of his sons should be exiled to Mazandaran to his former friends who were rulers there and where he was born( Band Pey of Barforush). Shah Rukh died on the way and Shah Rukh's son was exiled to Mazandaran and the desired place. The son of Shah Rukh Shah was tortured like Shah Rukh Shah at the time of Agha Mohammad Khan or Fath Ali Shah and died under torture. Apparently, they realized that Shah Rukh Shah's son had not revealed the whereabouts of all the jewels. I personally believe that a sun of Shahrokh Shah was a hostage for King Fath Ali Shah as art painter. IMPORTANT: This information comes from some local sources, but there is no record of it.

[@jullia1955]

Shahanshah of world

[@Secular_Iran_GE]

The true Napoleon of 🇮🇷

[@leylayetmez]

We Azeris are proud of Shah Abbas and Nadir shah

[@user-dl5ln3wd6f]

For me the last great one was Saud The Great Of Diriyah, he created the largest Empire that rules from Arabia since the Caliph Abdullah Ibn al-Zubayr thanks to the droughts stopping in Najd which allowed that region to create Empires and Emirates again since centuries. He also led a great ethnic cleansing in Arabia that we see its effect until today with the spread of Wahhabism and Hanbalism their.

[@persianguy1524]

Ethnic cleansing of turks?

[@user-dl5ln3wd6f]

@@persianguy1524 Of Sufis and Shias. Maliki Sufis were the dominant type of Islam in Arabia and Shia made the majority of eastern Arabia before his Conquests.

[@vishaltiwari8963]

Conquerer ❌ Dacoit ✅

[@SuarPutraRaamSuarPillaShivai]

Pajeet-Slayer✔

[@dhavaldesai6202]

Did you speak about atrocities he bought upon Delhi and hindus

[@enioni716]

He won't ever admit that 😂

[@reziinho1414]

No one said he was a merciful ruler 💀

[@mohamda5155]

He was king of iran not India

[@dhavaldesai6202]

@@reziinho1414 india has seen many unmerciful Muslim rulers

[@dhavaldesai6202]

@@mohamda5155 islam is about violence that's the truth no one wants to admit

[@yaqubebased1961]

Praise be to Nader, the Lion in wolves' clothing who claimed Farr through sheer might and force of will alone, and made Eranshahr the mightiest military in the world for the third time in her glorious history. It's a shame he wasn't much of a ruler and politician though. Kaddi to the core, in all the good and bad ways. Should've still been Shahanshah given the fact that there were no other competent alternatives at the time, but definitely should've left all the mundane affairs of ruling to a competent vizier, just like all the other decent cold hearted brute kings did throughout history.

[@persianguy1524]

Based Persian napoleon

[@fabiodeoliveiraribeiro1602]

Greetings from Brazil. We Brazilians are so far from this region of the world that everything narrated in this video is new here. Personally, I have always considered the endemic violence of Christians in Europe proof of the mediocrity of Europeans. It seems that the Iranian and Afghan Muslims and the Hindus in India are no less violent and mediocre.

[@prateeksharma6706]

Whats some thing so violent that hindus did?

[@ShubhamKumar-vd9xy]

Hindus become violent today bcz of continuous invasion of muslims and so many bloodshed of common PPL just bcz they worship idols 😢

[@realIran236]

Persian king ❤❤❤❤

[@Abuamina001]

With regard to the Muslim mountain folk of Dagestan and the Caucasus, read "Hadji Murad" by Leo Tolstoy.

[@oghuz_kaghan]

Nadir shah was the the last asian conqueror and he was oghuz turk from avshar tribe

[@TheColombiano89]

Napoleon was the Nader Shah of his time

[@enkidugilgamesh]

It is well possible that he used the notion "Turkuman" (Turkman / Torkman) for all the Turks (Törek) who became Muslims. However, I am very unsure about the claim that he may have used the notion "Turan" for area north of Afghanistan. It would be helpful to have a document like a map or a statement from him or others about the naming of the regions. I was assuming that in 19th & 20th century (our young history) "Turan" was used by the orientalist and British colonialists who wanted to use an "unity of the Turks" to carve up China and Russia in many parts.

[@yaqubebased1961]

Turan comes from the Shahnameh, and in it it has nothing to do with turks.

[@King.Of.Persia]

european Nader shah you better say🗿

[@Spartan_Disiplin]

Its well-made video, but Nadir Shah was not the last conqueror of Asia. This honor belonged to Muhammad Khan Qajar, a master tactician and shrewd politician who united Iran, Khorasan and the Caucasus under his rule.

[@user-nv4ih6td4f]

Why wrongly pronouncing Turkish and Persian names in Arabic accent ??????

[@kabdul9208]

He’s Afghan & his pronunciation is different than others.

[@user-nv4ih6td4f]

@@kabdul9208 he speaks english but his pronunciation of the Ottoman names are wrong.

[@angrymonkeynoises]

It's funny how this guy wants to larp as arab as much as possible, every islamist is like that

[@almurabitun]

You need to cover EVERY Muslim Sultans of India from Delhi Sultanate to Mughals

[@RicardoBrineAYB]

Based Iranian (Turkoman) king 🇦🇿

[@AltaicGigachad]

Turkic warrior ❤

[@persianguy1524]

He wasnt turkic. A turkic looks like the guy in your picture, not him who looked Persian.

[@persianguy1524]

“Attempted, rather unconvincingly, to reassure the shah. The friars then presented their gifts, which included a fine illustrated Bible. Abbas opened it by chance at a picture of St Michael brandishing his sword over a prostrate Lucifer. He asked who the vanquished figure was, and on being told it was the Devil, he laughed and said he thought it was the Turk - glancing over at the ambassador as he said this, at the Ottoman pasha, 'for he lost no opportunity to mock them.'"

[@AltaicGigachad]

@@persianguy1524 Besides territorial integrity, two alternative concepts of sovereignty to replace the crumbling dynastic ideal can be discerned in Nadir Shah's negotiations with the Ottomans in the 1730s. Nadir proposed equal relations based, first, on Ottoman recognition of the legitimacy of Twelver Shiism as a fifth school of orthodox Islamic law. And second, he proposed something akin to an ethnic or national concept - equal relations based on Nadir Shah's identity as a member of the noble Turkmen family of peoples." Howard, D. (2017). A History of the Ottoman Empire. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp.192 To justify his stance and claim a common heritage with the Ottomans, he invoked the history of Chinggis Khan: In the time of Chingiz Khan, the leaders of the Turkman tribes, who had left the land of Turan and migrated to Iran and Anatolia, were said to be all of one stock and one lineage. At that time, the exalted ancestor of the dynasty of the ever-increasing state [the Ottoman Empire] headed to Anatolia and our ancestor settled in the provinces of Iran. Since these lineages are interwoven and interconnected, it is hoped that when his royal highness learns of them, he will give royal consent to the establishment of peace between [us]. In a letter presented to the Ottomans after his assumption of the title of shah in 1736 Nadir claimed legitimacy simply as a Turk, stating that “kingship is the ancestral right of the exalted Turkmen tribe.” Thus the rulers of the regional states - the Chinggisid khans of Khiva, the Timurid/Chinggisid Mughals, the Ottomans, and Nadir himself, all had equal legitimacy. Furthermore, in a deliberate attempt to reverse the abandonment of the glorification of Genghis-Khanid descent as a ''branch of the tree of unbelief'' by Ismacil, Nadir tried to revive the pre-Safavid Turkman tribal principles of legitimacy, which had not been given currency since the fifteenth century. In a letter to the Ottoman grand vizier, Nadir states that the dignitaries of Iran gathered in the plain of Mughan "elected our august Majesty to kingship and sovereignty which are the hereditary prerogatives of the noble Turkman tribe." Mulla cAli Akbar, his Mulla-bashi, opens his pan-Islamic sermon in Kufah with the eulogy of Nadir not only as the shadow of God on earth, but also as the scion of the Turkman tree and heir to Genghis Khan. However, after Nadir's death, Safavid descent, often with a marked emphasis on its religious character, remained the most viable ground of legitimacy for rulership. Expectation of the Millennium : Shiìsm in History Nasr, Seyyed Hossein. State University of New York Press pp.194

[@AltaicGigachad]

@@persianguy1524 Despite his obscure background, he looked born for the throne. Nature endowed him with all the great qualities that make heroes ... His dyed beard made a sharp contrast with his completely gray hair; his natural physique was strong, tall, and his waist was proportional to his growth; his expression was gloomy, with an oblong face, an aquiline nose and a beautiful mouth, but with his lower lip protruding forward. He had small penetrating eyes with a sharp and piercing gaze; his voice was rude and loud, although he knew how to soften it on occasion, as required by personal interest... Dalrymple, William; Anand, Anita (2017). Koh-i-Noor: The History of the World's Most Infamous Diamond. Bloomsbury Publishing. pp. 48-60. Sounds Turkic 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@AltaicGigachad]

@@persianguy1524 most of yours looks similar to Indians but still Claims to be Indo European ☕️☕️☕️

[@Starfield1000]

Asian Napoleon? Napoleon was european Nader Shah.

[@user-nv4ih6td4f]

Lol, Ottoman and Persian names have nothing to do with your wrong pronounciation !!! Their names aren't what you call.

[@YUSKHAN]

Imagine if Nadir Shah was alive today in the current Geopolitics His Military would have liberated Jerusalem

[@LimeyRedneck]

🤠💜

[@foadooo]

Nader was a super intelligent leader, a man who was raised in the army his whole life, and who conquered most places with sheer intelligence. He really modernized the Persian army. Although you did a fantastic job adding multiple paintings throughout the video, I wished you would have added some real photos from his tomb and his guns and uniform as well. Overall, a fantastic video, and thank you so much.

[@Afshar1.]

Most of his army was turkic not persian

[@foadooo]

Here's the corrected version: "Dude, Iran is always Iran. People who live on the Iranian plateau are called Iranians. Don't associate the great people of Iran with your ethnicity. If you want to praise Turks, find someone in Turkey.. @@Afshar1.

[@Afshar1.]

@@foadooo He made army from Azerbaijan, Central Asia, Afghanistan and other lands, not only iran. Afsharids were a turkic empire, not iranian

[@foadooo]

What? Are you cool, bro? Firstly, last time I checked, Iran has two Azerbaijan provinces! Go check it out, bro. Then, for your information, all those places that you are mentioning (Central Asia, Afghanistan, and Azerbaijan as of now, assuming you're from there!) were part of the Safavid and then Afsharid Empires. Nader was a Shia leader who conquered many places. Also, for your information, he defeated the Ottoman Empire (Turkey-your beloved ethnicity, which I assume you're very proud of) under Topal Pasha in the Battle of Kirkuk. (Link here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topal_Osman_Pasha) And you're saying that the Afsharid Empire was Turkic? What are you talking about? We never had a Turkic empire; we never had such a thing. Please educate yourself, and instead of talking about divisive ethnic standpoints, learn some history......@@Afshar1.

[@Afshar1.]

@@foadooo there's many turkic empires which fought with each other, so your words has no matter. Safavid, Afsharid and Qajars is turkic empires, i have a lot of sources about it.

[@ruggedindividual708]

Napoleon is the French Nader Shah!!!!

[@kevincho1187]

"Asia's last great conqueror" The japanese empire doesnt exist I guess

[@goolmaly7879]

No napelon was the Nader of the west.go check timeline

[@md.faisalshah]

Nader Shah was an ordinary man later through his ability hard work he become a string king . He was shia but attraction to sunni. He was originally from Turkish blood in his vein. His wife has given him poison he die.

[@bordoenes6217]

Bro was somehow an Iranian and Turkish nationalist at the same time lol. Still boggles my mind but he probably could have pulled it off had he lived.

[@berdigylychrejepbayev7503]

he was not an iranian nationalist. he loved iran and saw it as his home but in this picture iran was turkic land (in his eyes) so he could be turkic nationalist but this term would be anachronistic since none of the latter ideas could be applied to those times

[@persianguy1524]

He hated turkics and fought constantly against them

[@persianguy1524]

@@berdigylychrejepbayev7503nader shah later viewed turkics as his enemy and even refereed to the devil as a tork.

[@theheroickhan]

About the Turkic origin of Nader Shah Afshar and the Afsharid dynasty: "Born in November 1688 into a humble pastoral family, then at its winter camp in Darra Gaz in the mountains north of Mashad, Nāder belonged to a group of the Qirqlu branch of the Afšār Turkmen. Beginning in the 16th century, the Safavids had settled groups of Afšārs in northern Khorasan to defend Mashad against Uzbek incursions." "Nāder's focus on common Turkmen descent likewise was designed to establish a broad political framework that could tie him, more closely than his Safavid predecessors, to both Ottomans and Mughals. When describing Nāder's coronation, Astarābādi called the assembly on the Moğān steppe a quriltäy, evoking the practice of Mughal and Timurid conclaves that periodically met to select new khans. In various official documents, Nāder recalled how he, Ottomans, Uzbeks, and Mughals shared a common Turkmen heritage. This concept for him resembled, in broad terms, the origin myths of 15th century Anatolian Turkmen dynasties. However, since he also addressed the Mughal emperor as a "Turkmen" ruler, Nāder implicitly extended the word "Turkmen" to refer, not only to progeny of the twenty-four Gozz tribes, but to Timur's descendants as well." - Encyclopædia Iranica, Nāder Shah

[@persianguy1524]

@@theheroickhan “Attempted, rather unconvincingly, to reassure Nader shah. The friars then presented their gifts, which included a fine illustrated Bible. Abbas opened it by chance at a picture of St Michael brandishing his sword over a prostrate Lucifer. He asked who the vanquished figure was, and on being told it was the Devil, he laughed and said he thought it was the Turk - glancing over at the ambassador as he said this, at the Ottoman pasha, 'for he lost no opportunity to mock them.'"

[@mrperfect-mh4qm]

I never heard anyone call nader asian napoleon, indian napoleaon is emperor samudragupta, but nader did not conquer or expand his territories, he just sacked and left...even his neighbouring afghanistan was independent under duraanis

[@berdigylychrejepbayev7503]

your knowledge on history is really weak. durranis were formed by his general ahmed shah abdali (later durrani) after nader had been assasinated.

[@mrperfect-mh4qm]

@@berdigylychrejepbayev7503 yes but duraani family was already powerful and nader did not annex their territory...

[@berdigylychrejepbayev7503]

he didnt need to annex it. he just wanted their submission@@mrperfect-mh4qm

[@mrperfect-mh4qm]

@@berdigylychrejepbayev7503 submission through warfare is not real submission

[@berdigylychrejepbayev7503]

tell me when you found real submission of a state into another state@@mrperfect-mh4qm

[@etcetratradeconsortium6515]

Nader was a peasant and was doomed from the very start with no legitimacy....... The way he treated the Badshahs of the World.....only a peasant can do this......

[@Hashashin112]

THE NEPOLEON OF ASIA

[@khuzaimahhaleem4994]

I have never seen the word warlord being used for Napoleon. Why is that

[@waltonsmith7210]

He literally was one lol

[@ajaxhost6950]

Ah Nader, the great barbarian of Iran

[@LuisAldamiz]

Considering the dates, rather than Nader being "the Napoleon of Asia", one should say that Napoleon was "the Nader of Europe", right?

[@Poiyti]

😂😂🤌🤌👌

[@zzuby4276]

There was no Afghanistan during that period so when you were using the word Afghanistan or Afghans during the video, were you referring to a tribe of people or A country that didn't exist yet??

[@yaqubebased1961]

Guy has a clear islamic and anti aryan bias.

[@lambert801]

Read جهانگشای نادری by Nader's own secretary. He refers to the Pashtun tribes as Afghans (افاغنه) and to their habitat as Afghanistan.

[@persianguy1524]

He’s referring to pashtuns

[@SuarPutraRaamSuarPillaShivai]

He is describing hotak afghan that whoop PerShitstains 😂😂😂