Division of the Afsharid Empire

[3] Due to the frantic turn of events in mainland Iran he would be able to remain de facto autonomous through the Zand period.

[4] Under the successive Qajar dynasty, Iran managed to restore Iranian suzerainty over the Georgian regions, until they would be irrevocably lost in the course of the 19th century, to neighbouring Imperial Russia.

[5] Meanwhile, Azad Khan Afghan (who was a member of Nader Shah's army and participated in the Indian campaign) managed to take control over the land between the Aras river, and the Urmia Lake by 1750.

The Bakhtiari and Zand tribes moved back to their homeland and bickered with neighboring warlords over control of Western Iran.

When the Zand empire expanded rapidly, Karim khan allowed the Afsharids to continue rule in Khorasan, showing his respect for Nader Shah.