“Once, when Nadir was told that there was no war in paradise, he was reported to have asked: "How can there be any delights there?"”

—  Nader Shah

Madmonarchs biography http://www.xs4all.nl/~monarchs/madmonarchs/nadir/nadir_bio.htm

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ruled as Shah of Iran 1688–1747

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