Nader Shah Suffers His Worst Defeat - Guerilla War Works Again

🎥 Watch 300+ exclusive videos on ► Youtube:    / @kingsandgenerals   or Patreon ►   / kingsandgenerals   Kings and Generals animated historical series on the history of early modern period, Iranian and Muslim empires continues with a video on Nader shah's campaigns in Dagestan, where he suffered his greatest defeat and Central Asia. In 1740, Nader Shah stood at the height of his power. He had seized Iran’s throne, humbled the Ottomans, crushed the Mughals, and returned from India believing no enemy could stop him. But while the conqueror looked outward, his empire began cracking from within. His young son Reza Qoli ruled harshly in his absence, murdered the remaining Safavid princes, built his own glittering military household, and ignored his father’s orders. Nader punished him, then marched toward the Oxus to subdue Bukhara and Khiva, winning another rapid victory and taking the title Shahanshah — King of Kings. Yet the triumph only deepened his confidence and isolation. In Dagestan, the mountainous terrain, guerrilla warfare, failed supply lines, and Lezgi resistance exposed the limits of his army. An assassination attempt in 1741 turned Nader’s suspicion into paranoia. When a captured suspect accused Reza Qoli of plotting the attack, the Shah chose a brutal punishment: he blinded his own heir. This episode follows Nader Shah’s turn from brilliant conqueror to increasingly unstable ruler — and the tragedy that foretold the collapse of his empire. It is the moment victory stopped building his legend and began destroying the man behind it from inside out forever. More videos on the history of Iran and the Middle East: Nader Shah #1 - Battle of Herat:    • Nader Shah: Iran’s Last Conqueror - Nader ...   Nader Shah #2 - Malayer Valley:    • Nader Shah’s Deadliest Battlefield Trick   Nader Shah #3 - Ottoman Baghdad Campaign:    • Nader Shah vs. the Ottomans - Master of Ir...   Nader Shah #4 - India Campaign - Sack of Delhi 1739:    • Nader Shah Attacks India - Sack of Delhi 1739   Were the Eastern Romans and Arabs Always at War?:    • Were the Eastern Romans and Arabs Always a...   Great Schism Between Greek and Latin Christianity:    • Great Schism: The Bitter Rivalry Between G...   How Islam Split into the Sunni and Shia Branches:    • Muslim Schism: How Islam Split into the Su...   Rise of the Cossacks:    • Rise of the Cossacks - Origins of the Ukra...   Crusades From the Muslim Perspective:    • Crusades From the Muslim Perspective - Med...   Early Muslim Expansion - Yarmouk, Al-Qadisiyyah:    • Early Muslim Expansion - Khalid, Yarmouk, ...   Early Muslim Expansion - Egypt and Iran:    • Early Muslim Expansion - Arab Conquest of ...   Muslim Schism:    • Muslim Schism: How Islam Split into the Su...   Third Crusade:    • Third Crusade 1189-1192: From Hattin to Ja...   Fourth Crusade:    • Rise of Bulgaria - Events leading to the S...   First Crusade:    • First Crusade: Battle of Manzikert 1071 DO...   Sultanate of Women in the Ottoman Empire:    • Sultanate of Women in the Ottoman Empire D...   How the German Empire Provoked Ottoman Jihad in WWI:    • How the German Empire Provoked Ottoman Jih...   Ottoman Battles:    • Battle of Kosovo 1389 - Serbian-Ottoman Wa...   Why the Ottomans Never Colonized America:    • Why the Ottomans Never Colonized America?   Why the Ottoman Sultans Killed their Brothers:    • Why did the Ottoman Sultans Kill their Bro...   Cem Sultan: Ottoman Prince in the Heart of Europe:    • Cem Sultan: Ottoman Prince in the Heart of...   Ottoman Pirates:    • Ottoman Pirates - Armies and Tactics DOCUM...   Turkification of Anatolia:    • Turkification of Anatolia - Nomads DOCUMEN...   Hashashins:    • Hashashins: Origins of the Order of Assassins   The video was made by Talha Sial, while the script was researched and written by Turgut Gambar. This video was narrated by Officially Devin (   / @offydgg   & https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC79s.... The art was created by Nargiz Isaeva. Machinimas made using Total War: Empire engine. ✔ Podcast ► http://www.kingsandgenerals.net/podcast/ ✔ Twitter ►   / kingsgenerals   ✔ Facebook ►   / kingsgenerals   ✔ Instagram ►  / kings_generals   Bibliography: https://docs.google.com/document/d/11... 00:00:00 - Nader Shah at the Height of Power 00:01:21 - Reza Qoli’s Bloody Regency 00:03:53 - Nader Punishes His Son 00:04:49 - Oxus Campaign: Bukhara Submits 00:06:14 - Khiva Falls to the King of Kings 00:07:46 - Assassination Attempt and Growing Paranoia 00:09:53 - Dagestan: The Mountain War Turns Ugly 00:14:21 - Reza Qoli Blinded and the Empire Doomed Production Music courtesy of Epidemic Sound: http://www.epidemicsound.com #Documentary #NaderShah #india