The Sword of Persia: Nader Shah, from Tribal Warrior to Conquering Tyrant

Nader Shah, ruler of Persia from 1736 to 1747, embodied ruthless ambition, energy, military brilliance, cynicism and...
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Author: Michael Axworthy
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The Sword of Persia: Nader Shah, from Tribal Warrior to Conquering Tyrant by Axworthy, Michael

The Sword of Persia: Nader Shah, from Tribal Warrior to Conquering Tyrant

$124.38

The Sword of Persia: Nader Shah, from Tribal Warrior to Conquering Tyrant

$124.38
Author: Michael Axworthy
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Nader Shah, ruler of Persia from 1736 to 1747, embodied ruthless ambition, energy, military brilliance, cynicism and cruelty. His reign was filled with bloodshed, betrayal and horror. Yet Nader Shah is central to Iran's early modern history. From a shepherd boy he rose to liberate his country from foreign occupation, and make himself Shah. He 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. The Sword of Persia recreates the story of a remarkable, ruthless man, capable of both charm and brutality, who became a monster of insane cruelty. It is a rich narrative, full of dramatic incident, including much new research into original Iranian and other material, which will prove indispensable to historians and students.

Author: Michael Axworthy
Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
Published: 04/01/2009
Pages: 368
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.40w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9781845119829

About the Author
Michael Axworthy teaches Middle East history at Exeter University. Before deciding on an academic career he was head of the Iran Section in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and has frequently travelled to Iran, both as a diplomat and an historian. He is also the author of Iran: Empire of the Mind: A History from Zoroaster to the Present Day.

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