Kalat ( fa, كلات; also
Romanize
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d as Kalāt; also known as Kalūt) is a city and capital of
Kalat County, in
Razavi Khorasan Province,
Iran
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. At the 2006 census, its population was 6,529, in 1,661 families.
Nader Shah governed the area after the fall of the
Safavids
Safavid Iran or Safavid Persia (), also referred to as the Safavid Empire, '. was one of the greatest Iranian empires after the 7th-century Muslim conquest of Persia, which was ruled from 1501 to 1736 by the Safavid dynasty. It is often conside ...
.
See also
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Kalat-i-nadiri
Kalat-e Naderi ( fa, کلات نادری) is a massive natural fortress located about 44 miles north of Sousia, in Kalat County, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran.
It is essentially a massive plateau about four miles in circumference that has be ...
, a massive natural fortress
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Reza Qoli Mirza Afshar
Reza Qoli Mirza Afshar (1719–1749) was the first son of the Afsharid conqueror Nader Shah. When Nader came under the service of a Persian nobleman who hired him as a courier, Nader killed his assistant courier. Though his speech to the Persian ki ...
References
* Tod, J. K. (1923) "Kalat-I-Nadiri", ''The Geographical Journal'' 62(5): pp. 366–370
External links
* ''Kalāt-e Nāderi'', in Persian, Jadid Online, 2006
''A Slide Show of Kalāt-e Nāderi'' by Shahāb Āzādeh, Jadid Online, 2006
(2 min 30 sec).
* Farshid Sāmāni, ''Konj-e Denj-e Fāteh-e Hend'' (The Quiet Corner of the Conqueror of India), in Persian, Jadid Online, 14 January 2010
• Audio slideshow
(3 min 38 sec).
Populated places in Kalat County
Cities in Razavi Khorasan Province
Nishapur Quarter
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