Nader Shah - The Shepherd Who Became Emperor | History Documentary

In 1698, a child was born in the mountainous regions of North Khorasan. Despite the fact that he came from no royal lineage—his father was a mere shepherd—he would one day become the last of the Asiatic world-conquerors, in the vein of Timur and Chinggis Khan. The boy’s name was Nadr-Qoli, meaning “servant of the wonderous one (God)”. There was nothing about Nadr-Qoli’s circumstances which marked him out for greatness. His ancestry was undistinguished, his place of birth remote, and his social connection were unremarkable. The collapse of the Safavid Empire, however, would provide the opening that a young ambitious man required. With Persia being overrun by the Hotaks, Nader took charge of the fight back, expelling the Afghans from the country. From there he established the Afsharid Dynasty and declared his mission to conquer lands in all directions. In the process, he became Asia’s Last Great Conqueror.

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0:00 Intro
1:20 Hotak Afghans Overrun Persia
5:59 Nader Begins The Fight To Expel The Afghans
10:40 Safavid Kingmaker
17:06 Becoming Shahnshah
19:30 Unifier Of Islam
22:12 Afghan & Indian Campaigns
29:45 Conquest Of Transoxiana & Conflict In Dagestan
34:19 Rebellions Grow As Nader Declines

[HikmaHistory]

Which other epic conquerors would you like to see a long-format documentary on, and why?

[spyhsmm]

As an Iranian I thank you for this. Nader Shah must be one of our most underrated Shahs. Everyone always talk about Cyruce the Great or Shah Ismail but we Iranians, especially Turkmens respect and love Nader Shah a lot. He was a true hero that protected our land.

[soroushmahmoudiandehkordi]

Great Nader. Only 17 years after fall of Isfahan, he conquered Delhi.

[reevanamin]

Nader Shah was before Napoleon. Napoleon is the European Nader Shah

[bigsarge]

Interesting and informative, thank you!

[BiNumLi]

If you had just told me he beat the Ottomans, that would have been proof enough of his status. Amazing how he perfected the use of artillery just like Napoleon.

[Roust]

First of all Napoleon was the Nader Qoli of Europe. But there was one big difference Nader Shah won all of his battles except one and he never has to surrender like Napoleon.

[theimmortalgrenadier]

Thank's for making this video! Nader Shah is a very underrated but badass figure in history. I'm glad that your bringing his exploits and conquests to light!

[MhmdBDRD]

He didn't invent Jaafarism, he adapted the name so it can be acceptable to suunis who follow 4 schools to make them five schools in Islam, Jaafarism is 12ver shia and 12ver shia is Jaafarism, yes he tried to use it for his own ambitions by changing and adding, somethings he was right about others he wasn't, at the end he is not scholar but a warlord who tried to replicate the sunni warlords

[HistoryOfRevolutions]

I've read that one of the positive aspects of his rule was that he ended sectarianism between Shias and Sunnis in Iran, and he created a council of scholars which consisted of both Sunni and Shia Ulema. This changed the trend of shia domination of the Safavid era.

[melaniehassler]

Excellent presentation, as usual. Dense but very well-paced 🏅🏆⭐️

[samankucher]

i like the historical Iranian llustrations the art style is very cool and cartoony :)

[lambert]

The comparison between Napoleon and Nader is deeper and more fitting than it may appear.
Like Napoleon—who dreamed of uniting all of Europe under the banner of France—Nader had dreams of uniting the Islamic world under the banner of Iran—both of them failed. Both of these guys were also nationalists and thought that their country is superior to all the rest. They were both brilliant commanders, politicians and conquerors, and lived during the same historical period (Early Modern period), separated by only a few decades.

[ziahabib]

Your videos and content are getting more refined by the day. Great job and dera manana!

[armaanghafarian]

hey I really enjoy all you good stuff. watching your channel so some time now. why don't you make longer documentries like for 1 hour. do they get less view or what

[J_man]

The culture and military history of this region is very interesting and largely overshadowed by later western military domination and the Ottomans. Iran was using modern gun powder technology while napoleons ancestors were still in diapers. Very interesting video, told well too. Thank you

[schrodingers-gat]

Fresh material. Cool. 😎 I’m digging the channel, brother. ❤

[wischfulthinking]

Loving your channel. Thank eu4 for me finding you. Love to see more on the spread of Islamic culture into India & Southeast Asia. Mughals, bahamanis, malacca, etc.

[mroshany]

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[swamykatragadda]

Thanks for the hard work in producing this documentary.
I read long ago that GODEN PEACOCK THRONE he took from Delhi-- India was the main asset against which Iranians issued their currency until oil was discovered.