State · 1736 – 1796
Afsharid dynasty
A state of 1736 – 1796 — 60 years in the Middle East and North Africa. It followed Safavid dynasty. Its line of rulers holds 4 people.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.
- Stood
- 60 years
- 1736 – 1796
- Rulers
- 4
- the shah
- Symbols
- 2
- on record, with years
Where it sits in time
Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.
Before and after
The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.
Before it
- Safavid dynasty · follows · 1501 – 1736
Rulers
The line of shah.
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nader Shah | 1736 – 1747 | 11 years | killedWikidata's manner of death | |
| Adel Shah | 1747 – 1748 | 1 year | left office aliveread off the dates alone | nephew or niece |
| Ebrahim Afshar | 1748 – 1748 | under a year | left office aliveread off the dates alone | sibling |
| Shahrokh Shah | 1748 – 1760 | 12 years | left office aliveread off the dates alone |
4 rulers, 4 with terms dated as terms, covering 1736 – 1760. Only 24 years of the line are dated - too short for a median. 1 of 3 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.
Flags and arms, in order
Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.
coat of arms, undatedEmblem of the Afsharid dynasty · CC BY 3.0 · Samhanin 
flag, undatedNader Shah Flag · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Orange Tuesday
Among all states
Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.
- How long it stood60 years
stood longer than 37% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
- Wars recorded per centurynone
had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
- Rulers on record4
has more rulers on record than 58% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.
What led to it, and what came of it
The investigation's own picture: 1 cause the record names and 0 results, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.
Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 1726 – 1806, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 1766, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q388739 (CC0) · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.