Realm · 1748–1793
Zand Dynasty
Zand Dynasty appears on the map from 1748 to 1793. At its greatest recorded extent, in 1776, it covered about 1.59 million km².
One of the realms of Iran from Nader Shah to the Pahlavis (Persia). After the Safavids fell, the general Nader crowned himself shah in 1736 and briefly built a vast empire, sacking Delhi in 1739, but it fell apart after his murder in 1747, and Karim Khan Zand then ruled most of Iran from Shiraz. Agha Mohammad Khan, chief of the Turkic Qajar tribe, then defeated his rivals, made Tehran his capital in 1786 and was crowned shah in 1796.
See Zand Dynasty on the map in 1776
- On the map
- 1748–1793
- Greatest extent
- 1776, about 1.59 million km²
- Read more
- Wikipedia: Zand dynasty · Wikidata Q97629053
Territory through time
| Years | Area drawn |
|---|---|
| 1748–1751 | 573,044 km² |
| 1752–1756 | 883,806 km² |
| 1757–1761 | 1.59 million km² |
| 1762 | 1.59 million km² |
| 1763–1775 | 1.59 million km² |
| 1776–1779 | 1.59 million km² |
| 1780–1787 | 1.59 million km² |
| 1788–1790 | 899,495 km² |
| 1791 | 620,798 km² |
| 1792–1793 | 620,798 km² |