Naofumi Abe. « Nādir Shāh and the Afghan Corps ». The Journal of the Research Department of the Toyo Bunko, 85-4 (2004), pp. 27-55 [in Japanese

Abstract

This interesting paper discusses some aspects of the reorganization of the Iranian world after the collapse of the Safavid dynasty. The author pays special attention to the Afghan tribes who followed Nādir Sāh’s campaign, dividing them into two groups: the Abdālīs, and those from the east of Qandahar. Loyal to the conqueror, the former tribes were entrusted with the government of Qandahar and, soon after his death, founded a new dynasty, the Durrānī dynasty. Dispatched by Nādir to various par...