286 years ago, on Esfand 17, Nader shah Afshar, who was elected to the throne of his homeland, was crowned in a vote of the nobles of Iran.
After establishing peace and order and driving away the enemies of Iran, Nader shah (born in 1688 AD) went to the Moghan region in Azarbaijan. He asked his secretary “Mirza Mehdi Khan” to call the country’s high ranking officials and nobles from all over Iran to Moghan to do the election processing. The invitation process took almost three months until they could gather in Moghan. At the election meeting, several officials, including Nader, spoke and most of the participants voted to remove the Safavids and make Nader king. He asked the astronomers to find an auspicious day for the coronation, and March 8 was chosen for this occasion (1736 AD). Mirza Mehdi Khan recorded this event. He wrote that the country’s nobles and high ranks, and the Ottoman ambassador attended the ceremony.
Nader was killed ten years, three months, and 11 days later (June 19, 1747) by the conspiracy of a number of army officers in a military camp in Quchan region in Khorasan. Nader is referred to as Napoleon of the East.
In his time, considerable attention was paid to Iran’s security. Nader united the Iranian tribes under the Iranian flag, and once again, Iran became the most powerful country in Asia. The cities of Iran during Nader’s reign were as follows: Azerbaijan, Afghanistan, Baluchistan (Pakistan), Turkmenistan, Georgia, Dagestan, Bahrain, Qatar, Kashmir, and so on.
Nader was one of the rulers who brought Iran back to its natural borders extending around the Iranian plateau (for the last time) and procured enormous warships in order to establish the dominance of the country’s historical rights over the northern and southern waters.
Dr Reza Shabani: Among Iranian historians and history researchers Dr Reza Shabani has written and done research on Nader Shah more than any other researcher. It is fair to call him a Nader researcher. He writes: Nader Gholi, son of Imam Gholi beik, a furrier from Khorasan, is one of the bravest men who, amid overall turmoil that had gripped the country, plus internal disintegration, to which attacks by foreign enemies should be added, created an army to save his homeland. With the help of the sacrifices that the patriots from all over Iran had made, he soon overcame all the internal uprisings and external attacks.
His wise and calculated measures in mobilizing the people’s forces reached a point where during a period of nearly 10 years (1148-1188) he brought back Iranian borders to that of the Safavid era, and then during his short-lived reign (1148-1181) he defeated all the destructive and aggressive neighbors and suppressed them. He regained the main parts of the Irian steppes, which had been separated from our land due to inefficiency of previous rulers, for example, Indus and Punjab valleys upto parts of Keshmir, regions on the west of the Hindukush and Pamir, right upto east Turkaminstan, occupied by Aryan tribes; in other words, all the areas encompassing the historic Transoxiana region and greater Khorasan upto central Asian steppes, and also Daghestan and the land of the brave Lezgins and beyond the tall Caucasus mountains, the extent of which Iran is famous for since the Arab invasion.
The twenty-third day in the Zoroastrian religious calendar is called Dey-be-din. Dey means creator and founder, and because there are three deys in the month, to be specified, the name of the next day is added to it to separate them, “Dey-be-Azar, Dey-be-Mehr, Dey-be-Din.” Dey in Avestan literature means Ahuramazda, which is repeated many times a month due to the sanctity of this name. In Avesta, the terms of the colleagues are called Ormazd Avagah Se Dey, and Vispa Sham.
Four days of each month (Dey, Dey-be-Azar, Dey-be-Mehr, Dey-be-Din) from Zoroastrianism is called Ahura Mazda. This day, which, like Dey, Dey-be-Azar, Dey-be-Mehr, means Founder or Creator, is another day of public worship and in ancient Iran was considered a holiday every month. The word religion, Daena, means to see, know, understand, know, know, know, have a good conscience, be correct, and be good. The root of “be” in dey be din is “da” to give and forgive.
On the eighth, fifteenth, and twenty-third days of Dey month, a monthly celebration is held because the name of these days equaled the month’s name. In Zoroastrianism, the symbol of this day is the “Shanblaid” flower.
