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Nader was a Qizilbash from the semi-nomadic Qirqlu clan of the Turkoman Afshar tribe who migrated from Central Asia to Azerbaijan as a result of the 13th-century Mongol invasion. During the reign of Shah Abbas I, a portion of the tribe was relocated from Azerbaijan to Khorasan, the birthplace of Nader, in order to protect Khorasan from Uzbek attacks. Nader's native tongue was a southern Oghuz dialect, i.e. "Turkish of Azerbaijan". Although he later learned Persian, he always preferred using Turkic in everyday speech. He learned to read and write as an adult
If It Was Not For Nader Shah, There Would Be No Country Called Iran Today
Nader was a Qizilbash from the semi-nomadic Qirqlu clan of the Turkoman Afshar tribe who migrated from Central Asia to Azerbaijan as a result of the 13th-century Mongol invasion. During the reign of Shah Abbas I, a portion of the tribe was relocated from Azerbaijan to Khorasan, the birthplace of Nader, in order to protect Khorasan from Uzbek attacks. Nader's native tongue was a southern Oghuz dialect, i.e. "Turkish of Azerbaijan". Although he later learned Persian, he always preferred using Turkic in everyday speech. He learned to read and write as an adult