LOCKHART, LAURENCE (b. London, 9 July, 1890; d. Barrington, 3 May 1975; Figure 1), scholar and photographer of Iran, employee…

JAHĀNGOŠĀ-YE NĀDERI, TĀRIḴ-E (or Tāriḵ-e nāderi), one of the most important chronicles of the reign of Nāder Shah Afšār (r….

IRAQ v. FROM THE AFSHARIDS TO THE END OF THE QAJARS The collapse of the Safavid dynasty in the 1720s…

HISTORIOGRAPHY vii. AFSHARID AND ZAND PERIODS Persian historical writing in the 12th/18th century reflected the profound changes that occurred in…

ḤASAN-ʿALI BEG BESṬĀMI, one of Nāder Shah’s closest associates, held the title moʿayyer al-mamālek or “chief assayer” and played an…

HANWAY, JONAS (1712-86), an English merchant who traveled to Persia and wrote an account of the trip which provides an…

OTTOMAN-PERSIAN RELATIONS ii. AFSHARID AND ZAND PERIODS At the beginning of the eighteenth century, Ottoman conflicts with European powers overshadowed…

NĀDER SHAH, ruler of Iran, 1736-47 (Figure 1). He rose from obscurity to control an empire that briefly stretched across…