NADER [or: NADIR] SHAH AFSHAR. Lockhart,Laurence. — Nadir Shah. A critical study based mainly upon contemporary sources. With a foreword by Sir E. Denison Ross.

New York, AMS Press, 1973. XV,344 pp. B./w. frontispiece (portraits), [10] b./w. ills & 8 b./w. maps, incl. 1 fold. b./w. map of Nader's campaign. Hardcover (green cloth, gilted title on spine).Reprint of the Luzac & Co, 1938 edition. - Critical study of Nader Shah Afshar (1688 or 1698 - 1747), the founder of the Afsharid dynasty of Iran and one of the most powerful rulers in Iranian history, ruling as shah of Iran (Persia) from 1736 to 1747, when he was assassinated during a rebellion. Nader Shah has been described as "the last great Asiatic military conqueror". He idolized Genghis Khan and Timur, the previous conquerors from Central Asia. He imitated their military prowess and-especially later in his reign-their cruelty. His victories during his campaigns briefly made him West Asia's most powerful sovereign, ruling over what was arguably the most powerful empire in the world. Following his assassination in 1747, his empire quickly disintegrated, and Iran fell into a civil war.