Afsharid Dynasty

Afsharid Dynasty
Location Properties
Continent	Asia Europe
Naming Properties
Demonym	Afsharid
Base Statistics
City Count	234
Square City Count	18
Base Population	85,889,121
Consumers Required to Upkeep	85.88
Base Income ($)	3,170,421
Base Manpower Capacity	1,979,494
Requirements
Starting Nation(s)	Azerbaijan
Required Entities to Form	Azerbaijan Iran Turkmenistan Tajikistan Afghanistan Armenia Georgia United Arab Emirates Qatar Bahrain Iraq Oman Uzbekistan Kuwait
Achievements
Stability Gain	10
Interface
Decision Name	Restore Nader Shah's legacy of Turkoman dominance in the Iranian world!
Decision Name	Restore Nader Shah's legacy of Turkoman dominance in the Iranian world!
Decision Description	The Afsharids were a founding stone for our modern national identity and briefly showed the power of our people and nation to the world! We shall take back our title as Shahs and show once again to the world that we are a proud people and that our nation shall be important again!
Decision Description	The Afsharids were a founding stone for our modern national identity and briefly showed the power of our people and nation to the world! We shall take back our title as Shahs and show once again to the world that we are a proud people and that our nation shall be important again!
Title	Return of the Afshars
Title	Return of the Afshars
Description	After centuries since the dynasty collapsed, the Turkoman Afshars have retaken their title as Shahs of Iran once again.
Description	After centuries since the dynasty collapsed, the Turkoman Afshars have retaken their title as Shahs of Iran once again.
Enclosure	The Afshars have arisen again.
Enclosure	The Afshars have arisen again.
Resources
Aluminum	0.5
Aluminum	0.5
Chromium	3
Chromium	3
Copper	9.54
Copper	9.54
Gold	15.42
Gold	15.42
Iron	7.43
Iron	7.43
Oil	88.07
Oil	88.07
Phosphate	5.44
Phosphate	5.44
Tungsten	4.44
Tungsten	4.44
Uranium	1
Uranium	1
Electronics	64
Electronics	64
Fertilizer	12
Fertilizer	12
Misc
Suggested By	Fam_Pepe

“	After centuries since the dynasty collapsed, the Turkoman Afshars have retaken their title as Shahs of Iran once again.	„
	— Description of forming Afsharid Dynasty

The Afsharid Dynasty is a formable for Azerbaijan. It requires Azerbaijan to take Iran, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Armenia, Georgia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Iraq, Oman, Uzbekistan, and Kuwait. The Afsharid Dynasty has 220 cities and borders Russia, Kyrgyzstan, China| China, Pakistan Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Syria, Yemen, and Turkey.

Background

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Afsharid Iran, also referred as the Afsharid Dynasty, was a Turkic empire established by the Afshar tribe, an Azerbaijani sub-ethnic group, in Iran's north-eastern province of Khorasan, ruling Iran (Persia). The state was ruled by the Afsharid dynasty 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.

During Nader's reign, Iran reached its greatest extent since the Sasanian Empire. At its height it controlled modern-day Iran, Armenia, Georgia, Republic of Azerbaijan, Afghanistan, Bahrain, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, and parts of Iraq, Pakistan, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Oman and the North Caucasus (Dagestan). After his death, most of his empire was divided between the Zands, Durranis, Georgians, and the Caucasian khanates, while Afsharid rule was confined to a small local state in Khorasan. Finally, the Afsharid dynasty was overthrown by Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar in 1796, who would establish a new native Iranian empire and restore Iranian suzerainty over several of the aforementioned regions.

The dynasty was named after the Turkoman Afshar tribe from Khorasan in north-east Iran, to which Nader belonged. The Afshars had originally migrated from Turkestan to Azerbaijan (Iranian Azerbaijan) in the 13th century. In the early 17th century, Abbas the Great moved many Afshars from Azerbaijan to Khorasan to defend the north-eastern borders of his state against the Uzbeks, after which the Afshars settled in those regions. Nader belonged to the Qereqlu branch of the Afshars.

Terrain and Biome

Most of the Afsharid Dynasty is Arid; the only exceptions are the Caucasus countries, Tajikistan, and a bit of eastern Uzbekistan. Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and the Caucasus countries are mountainous.

Strategy

No player Iran.

1. Create 1 Electronics Factories in Baku. Once the factory is near completion, purchase 2.1 Copper and 1 Gold from a nation that isn't likely to be invaded ( Chile is great for the resources). Research Factory Output I and II to ensure you get the most profit. Once you have your Electronics quickly sell them to AI nations before other players do.
2. Justify on Armenia and Georgia. Create troops using most of your manpower, apply the Specialization doctrine and choose the Mountain Specialization route as most of the land around you are Mountainous.
3. Declare war on both Armenia and Georgia and then justify on Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan as Russia will try and invade them for Russian Empire or Soviet Union.
4. Once you have finished off Armenia and Georgia form Transcaucasia for the extra stability. Create more infantry and train them for the Arid environment.
5. Create a Steel and Motor Parts factory, placing one each in Yerevan and Tbilisi. Purchase the necessary resources needed for the factories. Create tanks in Baku and train them with Arid specialization.
6. Begin your invasion on Turkmenistan, your troops may get attrition walking through the arid environment. Justify on Tajikistan and Iraq.
7. Invade Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. Once you are finished with them attempt to ally Turkey so you can walk through their land to get to Iraq, if this fails you can walk through Turkey taking attrition. Declare on Iraq and begin the invasion.
8. Justify on Kuwait and United Arab Emirates. By now you should have enough political power to become Nationalist.
9. Declare on Kuwait and United Arab Emirates and justify on Afghanistan and Oman.
10. Declare war on both Afghanistan and Oman. Try and become Fascist as soon as possible in order to get the 3rd Justify War slot. Justify on Qatar and Bahrain. If you have the third justify slot you can finally justify on Iran. Optional: Create an Aircraft Parts Manufactory and purchase the necessary resources. Aircraft parts will be useful in creating transport aircrafts to get around Iran more efficiently.
11. Create tanks and infantry with Arid specialization on your Iraqi front, on your Transcaucasian front create infantry with the Mountainous specialization and do the same on your Afghan and Central Asian fronts.
12. Declare war on Iran and lure their troops into your entrenched troops. After you have done that begin your invasion, it might take a bit with the attrition, to combat this get a military leader with the mountainous modifier. Additionally, if you made transport aircraft, send them straight to Tehran.
13. If you completed the invasion of Iran, form the Afsharid Dynasty and enjoy your new flag.

Economy and Military

the net income of the Afsharid Dynasty is 3,170,421. 1,980 manpower is earned every turn and the manpower cap is 1,979,494.

the Afsharid Dynasty produces the following resources:

Resource	Quantity
Aluminum	1
Chromium	2
Copper	6.55
Gold	13
Iron	10.5
Oil	58
Phosphate	3.5
Tungsten	4
Uranium	0.5

Threats

• Russia is your biggest threat, as they need you and a lot of your required countries to form The Soviet Union or the Russian Empire.
• Iran can also be a threat, as they need you for Persian Empire, and a lot of their formables require your required countries. Another obvious reason is that if they are a player, they will be hard to take over.
• India and Pakistan are a threat, as they require Afghanistan to form the Maurya Empire and the Mughal Empire respectively.

Trivia

• The Afsharid Dynasty's flag looks like the Dutch Empire But irregular and cut off.
• Afsharid Dynasty originally originated in Khorasan, not Azerbaijan.
• The Afsharid Dynasty is one of many nations/formables/releasables that does not have a rectangular flag. It shares this category with:
  • Afsharid Dynasty
  • Byzantine Empire
  • Caucasian Imamate
  • Chola Dynasty
  • Crimean Khanate
  • Crown of Aragon
  • Danish Empire
  • Emirate of Bukhara
  • Frankish Empire
  • Goguryeo
  • Grand Duchy of Lithuania
  • Hafsid Dynasty
  • Hui
  • Khanate of Kazan
  • Khmer Empire
  • Kingdom of Hungary
  • Kirat
  • Kush
  • Mamluk Sultanate
  • Mongol Empire
  • Nepal
  • North Sea Empire
  • Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
  • Sikh Empire
  • Swedish Empire
  • Timurid Empire

Removed
North America
South America	• • • Patagonia
Europe	• • • • • • •
Asia	• Assyria • • • • • • • • • •
Africa	• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Oceania	• •