Ebrahim Khan Afshar

Ebrahim Khan Afshar (Persian: ابراهیم‌خان افشار) was a military commander and statesman during the eighteenth century in Afsharid Persia. He was the younger brother of the Shah of Iran, Nader Shah, and was appointed to high office after Nader came to prominence due to his military campaigns which restored the Safavid dynasty to power again.

Although he commanded men under the authority of his brother throughout the early Naderian wars, he never held any independent commands until being given autonomous command over the Persian army in the Caucasus. At the same time that Nader Shah launched his invasion of the Hotaki homeland, meant for a spring-board for the invasion of Mughal India, Ebrahim Kham took the field against the Lezgis in Daghestan.[1]

The campaign in Daghestan began well for Ebrahim; he was able to force a pitched battle with the Lezgis, which he won. However he was later ambushed in a valley by a small band of Lezgis who fell upon his meagre company of riders and slew him. His body was initially treated with respect and buried, but was later removed from its coffin, hung from a tree and burned.[2]

Ebrahim's sons Adel and Ebrahim later ruled over Persia.

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References

  1. ^ Axworthy, Michael (2006). Sword of Persia: Nader Shah, from tribal warrior to conquering tyrant. Londres: I. B. Tauris. p. 194. ISBN 978-1-85043-706-2.
  2. ^ Floor, Willem M. (2009). The rise and fall of Nader Shah: Dutch East India Company reports, 1730 - 1747. Washington, DC: Mage Publishers. ISBN 978-1-933823-32-4.
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