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Mughan assembly

1736 · 18th century · Also known as assembly on the Mughan plain, great assembly on the Mughan plain

The Mughan assembly was the great gathering held on the Mughan plain in 1736 at which Nader Afshar was proclaimed shah. Nader formally deposed the infant Safavid Abbas III, ending the Safavid dynasty and founding the Afsharid Empire. At the assembly he also proposed that the Jafari school of Shia Islam be recognised as a fifth school of Sunni jurisprudence.

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Afsharid EmpireFoundation, GovernanceSafavid EmpireDecline

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