It was on January 20, 2009, that Nadir Shah was arrested for the first time by the Delhi Police from a TV channel’s studio in Noida, said officers. At the time, he was a member of the notorious Satte gang; while gang leader Satya Prakash was arrested in an encounter at Green Park, Shah escaped and ... Nadir Shah, Iranian ruler and conqueror who created an Iranian empire that stretched from the Indus River to the Caucasus, an extent that rivaled the ancient Iranian empires. Learn about Nadir Shah , the founder of the Afsharid dynasty of Iran, who invaded and looted India in 1739. Find out his early life, achievements, consequences, and the fate of the Peacock Throne. Abstract Nadir Shah was born in 1688 in Abiward and became the Shah of Iran upon the collapse of the Safavid dynasty in 1736. After eliminating the Safavid dynasty, Nadir Shah followed a policy that could control all religions and Islamic sects and established dominance in Iran. But he was killed as a result of a riot in 1746. He also attacked the lands of the Ottoman Empire, India and Afghanistan to strengthen his power. It was his political ambition, expectations, and personality that ...
