Back Nadir şah Əfşarın Səmərqəndi ələ keçirməsi Azerbaijani فتح سمرقند توسط نادرشاه افشار Persian Взятие Самарканда Надир-шахом Russian Nadir Şah Afşar'ın Semerkant'ı ele geçirmesi Turkish Samarqandning Nodirshoh tomonidan bosib olinishi Uzbek
| Nadir Shah Afshar's capture of Samarkand | |||||||||
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| Part of Nader Shah's Central Asian campaign and Campaigns of Nader Shah | |||||||||
 Portrait of Nadir Shah Afshar, c. 1740–1750 | |||||||||
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.svg){kind=small} Afsharid Iran |
 Khanate of Bukhara Samarkand principality | ||||||||
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Nader Shah Afshar |
Abulfaz Khan Abu Salam Khan | ||||||||
Nadir Shah Afshar's capture of Samarkand, one of the political and economic centers of the region, during his Central Asian campaign. According to Nader Shah, who was an admirer of Amir Timur, Samarkand had a symbolic meaning. The capture occurred in 1740 and Nader Shah entered Samarkand almost unopposed. According to legend, Nader Shah brought the double doors of the Bibi-Khanym Mosque made of gold, silver, precious stones, jewelry and other precious metals, located in Samarkand, as well as a number of architects, artists, and scientists, to the center of the Afshar Empire.
- ^ Soucek 2000, p. 195.