A series of campaigns followed, with each side gaining the upper hand in a succession of tumultuous events that spanned half a decade.

In the spring of 1730, Nader attacked the Ottomans and regained most of the territory lost during the collapse of the Safavid government in the late 1720s.

He ended up losing all of Nader's recent gains to the Ottomans, and signed a treaty ceding Georgia and Armenia in exchange for Tabriz.

Nader scored a great victory over a superior Ottoman force at the Battle of Yeghevārd and by the summer of 1735, Armenia and Georgia were his again.

[3][4] The success of Nader's campaigns were such that his prestige swayed many of the Persian elites, and he capitalised on the opportunity to overthrow the Safavids and establish his own, the Afsharid dynasty.