This empire was defeated by the Hotaki dynasty at the Battle of Gulnabad. One ruler of this empire was
 Nader Shah, who went on to establish the Afsharid dynasty. The army of this dynasty was reformed
This empire was defeated by the Hotaki dynasty at the Battle of Gulnabad. One ruler of this empire was
 Nader Shah, who went on to establish the Afsharid dynasty. The army of this dynasty was reformed and
 improved with help from the Englishman Robert Shirley. This empire was founded with help from the
 red-headdress wearing Qizilbash, and its founder was defeated by Selim the Great of the Ottoman Empire
 at the Battle of Chaldiran. This dynasty had its roots as a religious movement of the Sufi order and they
 made the Twelver movement the official state religion. For 10 points, name this Muslim dynasty of Iran
 from 1501 to 1726 that was started by Shah Ismail I.
This empire was defeated by the Hotaki dynasty at the Battle of Gulnabad.
{Safavid} dynasty