{
  "g": "h,empire,asia",
  "ns": "empires",
  "name": "Afsharid Dynasty",
  "now": "iran",
  "years": "1736–1796",
  "id": "afsharid",
  "index": "c/iran:1736",
  "title": "State Flag of the Afsharid Dynasty",
  "ratio": "2:3",
  "colors": [
    {
      "color": "red",
      "hex": "#e2231a",
      "note": "Upper band."
    },
    {
      "color": "blue",
      "hex": "#2e9df6",
      "note": "Middle band."
    },
    {
      "color": "white",
      "hex": "#ffffff",
      "note": "Lower band."
    }
  ],
  "desc": "- The Afsharid dynasty (1736–1796) was founded by the conqueror **Nader Shah**, who carved a short-lived Iranian empire reaching from the Caucasus to Delhi after the Safavid collapse\n - **Construction:** a horizontal tricolour of red, blue, and white — the state banner introduced under Nader as a replacement for the Safavid green\n - Plain variants were more common in practice; ceremonial banners added the Shir-o-Khorshid or Qur'anic inscriptions",
  "flag": "empires/afsharid.svg",
  "countryData": {
    "name": "Afsharid Dynasty",
    "officialName": "Afsharid Iran",
    "un": "none"
  },
  "trivia": "- Nader sacked Delhi in 1739, carrying off the Peacock Throne and the Koh-i-Noor diamond\n - His assassination in 1747 fractured the empire; the Zand dynasty and later the Qajars succeeded him\n - Nader's military innovations influenced later Iranian armies into the Qajar era",
  "_name": "Afsharid Dynasty",
  "_namespace": "empires",
  "_namePart": "afsharid"
}