In 1729, Nader Shah, a chieftain and military genius from Khorasan, successfully drove out and conquered the Pashtun invaders. He subsequently took back the annexed Caucasian territories which were divided among the Ottoman and Russian authorities by the ongoing chaos in Iran. During the reign of Nader Shah, Iran reached its greatest extent since the Sassanid Empire, reestablishing the Iranian hegemony all over the Caucasus, as well as other major parts of the west and central Asia, and briefly possessing what was arguably the most powerful empire at the time. COUNT 5
QSN1 Who drove out the Pashtuns from Iran in 1729? ANS1 Nader Shah QSN2 Nader Shah expanded Iranian power to its highest peak since what Empire? ANS2 the Sassanid Empire QSN3 Nader Shah took back what territories that were annexed by the Ottomans and the Russians? ANS3 Caucasian territories QSN4 Where was Nader Shan from? ANS4 Khorasan QSN5 In what year were the Pashtuns defeated and driven out of Iran? ANS5 1729