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Some of the greatest stories buried in the folds of history...until now. A podcast that uncovers the lifetimes and achievements of prolific warlords from ancient and medieval times. Going beyond the mainstream historical figures that everyone is familiar with, providing a thorough account of lesser known warriors and leaders that were titans during their respective ages. If you would like to support my work directly, you can kindly do so here: www.patreon.com/warlordsofhistory
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Wednesday May 18, 2022
Wednesday May 18, 2022
In this episode we begin uncovering the lifetime of Nader Shah (1688 - 1747), the last of the Great Asiatic Military Conquerors. A brilliant battlefield commander who reversed the fortunes of 18th century Iran, salvaging it from the teeth of internal and external foes. Beginning as the unlikely story of an insignificant and poverty stricken youth, hardened by his chaotic environment. Struggling to survive within the crumbling Safavid Iranian Empire, its foundation now rotting due to a series of lethargic monarchs, disconnected to the harsh realities and changing headwinds of the wider world.
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Saturday Dec 03, 2022
Hi Hamid. Thank you for the words of encouragement and I am happy to see all your engagement with the content! Yes, I wish I had access to the primary source material, but sadly (as you mentioned) it’s not available in English. However, I am very much enjoying reading all your comments and clarifications. Very helpful to understand the full sequence of events!
Monday Nov 07, 2022
really I thank you, you have done a great job, and if I ever mention anything, it’s because I have access to primary Persian sources, the ones unfortunatelly you can’t have access, but your podcast is great, the one about Amir Teymur and this one about Nader, I’m so thankful to you♥♥♥♥🙏🙏🙏🙏
Friday Nov 04, 2022
I think the encounter you mean was with Mohammd ali nicknamed Ushagb and Adineghurt, both of them Sunnj Turkmens the sworn enemies of Kizilbashes, not Uzbeks, at this time Turkmens due to raids from kalmyk mongols from the north had to abandon their pasture in Mangyshlagh peninsule on the banks of Caspian sea, and they imposed ever increasing pressures on Kurdish and Turkic Kizilbash tribes on their southern borders, one of them Afshars
Friday Nov 04, 2022
and Nader after defeating Malek in 1724 incorporated Maleks force, and these forces were the core musketeers and artillaries that would make his formidable firearms units
Friday Nov 04, 2022
with all regards, I should say that The Uzbek commander of Khiva Khanate named Shir Ghazi Khan, never had any encounter with Nader, and the Tofangchi bashi or the head of musketeers, was just a name, and at that time Nader was just the head of a cavalry unit, and his acquintance wuth fire arms was around 1723 when he was batteling with Malek Mahmud Sistani over Mashhad the capital of Khorasan, at this time Nader couldn’t defeat Malek, because it was Malek who had artillary and musketeers
Friday Nov 04, 2022
I have a suggestion for you, making a podcast about Abbas the great, one of the most complex figures in Iranian history, the most important primary source of his reign,Tārīkh-e ʿĀlam-ārā-ye ʿAbbāsī , has been translated into English, and it narrates his reign in detail, in a two volume book
Friday Nov 04, 2022
I’m an Iranian, and I have studied the rise of Nader for a year, studying all the primary sources mostly in persina, some in Armenian, English, and Turkish, and most of what you said are correct, since Mr.Lockhart has done a great job, but his book is just a brief account of Naders reign, unfortunatelly Naders reign primary sources has not been translated into English, first I thank you for making podcast about eastern world conquerors, the likes of Amir Teymur and Nader, and...
Friday Nov 04, 2022
Truly an impressive figure. Especially considering his humble beginnings.
Thursday Aug 18, 2022
Nader was Great
Tuesday May 24, 2022
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