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==== English capture of Ormus ====
==== English capture of Ormus ====

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==== The Duke of Holstein and the VOC ====


=== Rise of the Khilji Pakhtuns (1687-1696) ===
=== Rise of the Khilji Pakhtuns (1687-1696) ===

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Iran
CapitalIsfahan
LanguagesPersian (official)
CurrencyToman

Iran (Persian: ایران), also known in the West as Persia, is a country located in western Asia. It stretches from the Caucasus and the Oxus river in the north to the Persian Gulf in the south, and the Zagros Range in the west to the Khorasani salt deserts of the east.

History

Late Safavid period (1629-1687)

English capture of Ormus

Economic crisis

The Duke of Holstein and the VOC

Rise of the Khilji Pakhtuns (1687-1696)

Khiljid period (1696-1760)

Mirweis Shah (1696-1731)

Mahmud Shah (1731-1748)

Regency and downfall (1748-1758)

Interregnum (1758-1771)

French invasion of Ormus & Kishma

Coup of 1760

Government and Politics

Demographics

Culture

Religion

List of Leaders