num_pages: 368
description: Nader Shah, ruler of Persia from 1736 to 1747, took eighteenth-century Iran from political collapse to become the dominant power in the region, recovering Herat and Kandahar, conquering Moghul Delhi, plundering the enormous treasures of India, repeatedly defeating Ottoman Turkey, and overrunning most of what is now Iraq. But suspicion and avarice led him to persecute the Persian people as savagely as any foreign conqueror had done. This book recreates the story of a remarkable, ruthless man, and includes much new research which will prove indispensable to historians and students.
language: English
title: The Sword of Persia: Nader Shah, from Tribal Warrior to Conquering Tyrant
titlecomplete: The Sword of Persia: Nader Shah, from Tribal Warrior to Conquering Tyrant
genres: Nonfiction, Biography, Iran, History
ratings_count: 126
publisher: I.B.Tauris