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Nader belonged to the Turkoman Afshars, one of the seven Qizilbash tribes that helped the Safavid dynasty establish their power in Iran.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"22 October 1688","date":"1688-10-22"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q192868#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Dastgerd","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5226890"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q192868#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"19 June 1747","date":"1747-06-19"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q192868#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of death","values":[{"text":"Quchan","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q765793"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q192868#P20"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Safavid Iran","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18234383","end":"1736-03-08"},{"text":"Afsharid Iran","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q63149558","start":"1736-03-08"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q192868#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"military leader","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1402561"},{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"},{"text":"governor","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q132050"},{"text":"shah","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q184299"},{"text":"monarch","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q116"},{"text":"royalty","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11573099"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q192868#P106"}},{"key":"spouse","label":"Spouse","values":[{"text":"Raziya Sultan","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25543225"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q192868#P26"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"shah (8 March 1736 – 19 June 1747)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q184299","start":"1736-03-08","end":"1747-06-19"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q192868#P39"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nader_Shah","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q192868"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Nader Shah born?","a":"Nader Shah was born on 22 October 1688 in Dastgerd."},{"q":"What positions has Nader Shah held?","a":"Positions held by Nader Shah include: shah (1736–1747)."}],"related":[{"name":"Safi of Persia","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/safi-of-persia"},{"name":"Lotf Ali Khan","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/lotf-ali-khan"},{"name":"Reza Shah","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/reza-shah"},{"name":"Mahmud Hotak","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/mahmud-hotak"},{"name":"Mohammad Reza Pahlavi","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/mohammad-reza-pahlavi"},{"name":"Naser al-Din Shah Qajar","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/naser-al-din-shah-qajar"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/nader-shah-58df2e38dc.jpg","width":500,"height":632,"license":"Public domain","credit":"Unknown author Unknown author","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Contemporary_portrait_of_Nader_Shah._Artist_unknown,_created_in_ca._1740_in_Iran_(cropped).jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Nader Shah","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nader_Shah","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q192868","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q192868","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Contemporary portrait of Nader Shah. Artist unknown, created in ca. 1740 in Iran (cropped).jpg by Unknown author Unknown author (Public domain)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Contemporary_portrait_of_Nader_Shah._Artist_unknown,_created_in_ca._1740_in_Iran_(cropped).jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Nader Shah, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Contemporary portrait of Nader Shah. Artist unknown, created in ca. 1740 in Iran (cropped).jpg — Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain.","cite":"\"Nader Shah\". DigiNepal. Last updated 6 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/nader-shah. Retrieved 15 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-06T06:57:48Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-14","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/nader-shah","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/nader-shah","ne":null}}