- Nadir Shah by Jake Jordan
... tribes, he helped restore Tahmasp II of the Safavid dynasty to Iran's throne, defeating the Ghilzay Afghan usurper Mahmud. He later deposed Tahmasp II to place the latter's infant son on the throne; he made himself regent, then deposed the son and took the throne himself in 1736. He engaged in constant warfare with his neighbours, enlarging his empire from the ...
- Russo-Persian Treaty of 1723 by Great Soviet Encyclopedia
a treaty signed on September 12 (23) in St. Petersburg by Peter I and by the Persian ambassador Ismail Beg on behalf of Shah Tahmasp. The treaty stipulated that Russia would provide armed aid to Persia in fighting against the rebel Afghan tribes that had invaded Persian territory, as well as against the Turks. In return, Shah Tahmasp recognized that ...
- Nadir Shah by Donovan Fox
... then entered the service of Tahmasp, the son of Shah Sultan Husayn, who was asserting his claims against the Afghans under Mahmud, who had usurped the Persian throne. Nadir took the name Tahmasp Kuli Khan [Tahmasp's slave] and proceeded to win a series of battles against the Afghans. Decisively beaten, they retired to Kandahar, and Tahmasp was restored to the rule ...
- Nadir Shah, Afshar by Great Soviet Encyclopedia
... entered the service of Shah Tahmasp II (reigned 1722–32) in 1726. Acting on the shah’s behalf, Nadir conducted successful campaigns against the Turks and the Afghans, who had seized several regions of Iran. During this period he enjoyed the support of the people, who saw him as their liberator from the foreign yoke. In 1732 he deposed Tahmasp and proclaimed ...
- Derbendi by Great Soviet Encyclopedia
... end after the troops of Tahmasp (Tahmasib) I, who ruled the state of the Safavids, occupied Shirvan, seized the Shirvan shah Shahrukh, took him to Tabriz, and executed him in 1538.REFERENCEAli-zade, A.-K. Sotsial’no-ekonomicheskaia I politic he skaia istoriia Azerbaidzhana XIII-XIV vv. Baku, 1956. Pages 351–99.