The Afsharid dynasty (Persian: افشاریان‎) was an Iranian dynasty that originated from the Turkoman.From Afshar Turkoman tribe in Iran's north-eastern province of Khorasan, ruling Iran (Persia) in the mid-eighteenth century. The dynasty was founded in 1736 by the brilliant military commander Nader Shah, who deposed the last member of the Safavid dynasty and proclaimed himself as the Shah of Iran.