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style="width:25.5em;border-spacing:2px;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Afsharid Navy</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1734<span class="noprint">; 290 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1734</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Disbanded</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Division_of_the_Afsharid_Empire" title="Division of the Afsharid Empire">Division of the Afsharid Empire</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Afsharid_Iran" title="Afsharid Iran">Afsharid Iran</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Navy" title="Navy">Navy</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Role</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Coastal_defence_and_fortification" title="Coastal defence and fortification">Coastal defence</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Part of</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Military_of_the_Afsharid_dynasty_of_Persia" class="mw-redirect" title="Military of the Afsharid dynasty of Persia">Afsharid Military</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Garrison/HQ</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bushehr" title="Bushehr">Bushehr</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Equipment</th><td class="infobox-data"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Equipment">see below</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Insignia</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Ensign_(flag)" title="Ensign (flag)">Ensign</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Naval_Flag_of_Nader_Shah.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Naval_Flag_of_Nader_Shah.svg/250px-Naval_Flag_of_Nader_Shah.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Naval_Flag_of_Nader_Shah.svg/375px-Naval_Flag_of_Nader_Shah.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Naval_Flag_of_Nader_Shah.svg/500px-Naval_Flag_of_Nader_Shah.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="675" data-file-height="306" /></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Military unit</div> <p><a href="/wiki/Persia" class="mw-redirect" title="Persia">Iran</a> sustained <a href="/wiki/Navy" title="Navy">maritime forces</a> during <a href="/wiki/Afsharid_dynasty" title="Afsharid dynasty">Afsharid dynasty</a> that were revived in 1734 by <a href="/wiki/Nader_Shah" title="Nader Shah">Nader Shah</a>, with peak of its activity lasting more than a decade until <a href="/wiki/Division_of_the_Afsharid_Empire" title="Division of the Afsharid Empire">Division of the Afsharid Empire</a>. It operated in the <a href="/wiki/Caspian_Sea" title="Caspian Sea">Caspian Sea</a>, where it was considered a threat by the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Empire" title="Russian Empire">Russian Empire</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Axworthy174_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Axworthy174-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Headquartered in <a href="/wiki/Bushehr" title="Bushehr">Bushehr</a>, the southern flotilla maintained presence in the <a href="/wiki/Persian_Gulf" title="Persian Gulf">Persian Gulf</a> as well as the <a href="/wiki/Sea_of_Oman" class="mw-redirect" title="Sea of Oman">Sea of Oman</a>, effectively pushing against maritime <a href="/wiki/Arabian" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabian">Arabian</a> empires in <a href="/wiki/Sultanate_of_Muscat" class="mw-redirect" title="Sultanate of Muscat">Sultanate of Muscat</a> and <a href="/wiki/Imamate_of_Oman" title="Imamate of Oman">Imamate of Oman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Piracy_in_the_Persian_Gulf" title="Piracy in the Persian Gulf">Pirates</a> based in coasts that were later called <a href="/wiki/Trucial_States" title="Trucial States">Trucial</a>, and also local rebels and mutineers. The Afsharid navy also ordered several vessels from both the <a href="/wiki/East_India_Company" title="East India Company">British</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dutch_East_India_Company" title="Dutch East India Company">Dutch East India Company</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Axworthy2000_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Axworthy2000-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Afsharid_navy&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Caspian_sea_in_Persian_(IRAN)_Empire_1747.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Caspian_sea_in_Persian_%28IRAN%29_Empire_1747.JPG/220px-Caspian_sea_in_Persian_%28IRAN%29_Empire_1747.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="313" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Caspian_sea_in_Persian_%28IRAN%29_Empire_1747.JPG/330px-Caspian_sea_in_Persian_%28IRAN%29_Empire_1747.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Caspian_sea_in_Persian_%28IRAN%29_Empire_1747.JPG/440px-Caspian_sea_in_Persian_%28IRAN%29_Empire_1747.JPG 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="729" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Emanuel_Bowen" title="Emanuel Bowen">Emanuel Bowen</a>'s 1747 map of Caspian sea</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Prelude">Prelude</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Afsharid_navy&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Prelude"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The last attempt to revive naval forces of Persia was made in 1718, which was unsuccessful.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kings of <a href="/wiki/Safavid_dynasty" title="Safavid dynasty">Safavid dynasty</a> were reluctant to form a navy.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Peak">Peak</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Afsharid_navy&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Peak"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Afsharid_Conquests_in_the_Persian_Gulf_%26_Oman" class="mw-redirect" title="Afsharid Conquests in the Persian Gulf & Oman">Afsharid Conquests in the Persian Gulf & Oman</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Campaigns_of_Nader_Shah" title="Campaigns of Nader Shah">Campaigns of Nader Shah</a></div> <p>During its first decade, the navy showed an <a href="/wiki/Expansionist" class="mw-redirect" title="Expansionist">expansionist</a> character, successfully taking control of <a href="/wiki/Old_Muscat" title="Old Muscat">Mascat</a> and most <a href="/wiki/List_of_islands_in_the_Persian_Gulf" title="List of islands in the Persian Gulf">islands in the Persian Gulf</a>. They also annexed <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Arabia" title="Eastern Arabia">Bahrain</a>, but were unable to overcome forces of the <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottomans</a> or the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Empire" title="Russian Empire">Russians</a> in the north.<sup id="cite_ref-Axworthy2000_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Axworthy2000-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The navy began to decline approximately in 1745, and by 1747 when <a href="/wiki/Nader_Shah" title="Nader Shah">Nader Shah</a> died it fell apart because many of its equipment were in poor and unrecoverable condition.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Aftermath">Aftermath</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Afsharid_navy&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Aftermath"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>When <a href="/wiki/Karim_Khan_Zand" title="Karim Khan Zand">Karim Khan Zand</a> became ruler of Iran, he asked <a href="/wiki/Imamate_of_Oman" title="Imamate of Oman">Imamate of Oman</a> to return Persian Afsharid vessel <i>Rahmani</i>. Omanis who had acquired the ship from <a href="/wiki/Tribes_of_Arabia" title="Tribes of Arabia">Arabian tribe</a> Banu Ma'in, refused the demand and went to a war with <a href="/wiki/Zand_dynasty" title="Zand dynasty">Zand dynasty</a>. Persians launched an attack on Oman in 1773 to no avail. <a href="/wiki/Kaveh_Farrokh" title="Kaveh Farrokh">Kaveh Farrokh</a> argues that the event signaled that Persians no longer had the upper hand in the southern coasts of the Persian Gulf. By 1820s, Persians lost <a href="/wiki/Qeshm_Island" title="Qeshm Island">Qeshm</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hormuz_Island" title="Hormuz Island">Hormuz</a> islands to Omanis.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/William_Taylor_Money" title="William Taylor Money">William Taylor Money</a> reported in 1811 that one of the ships built by Persians in 1738, was in the <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman</a> hands and served as "the Turkish <a href="/wiki/Flagship" title="Flagship">flagship</a> at <a href="/wiki/Basra" title="Basra">Bussorah</a>... and when about 8 years ago she was brought into dock in <a href="/wiki/Bombay" class="mw-redirect" title="Bombay">Bombay</a> for repair, her timbers were ascertained to be perfectly sound".<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Flag">Flag</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Afsharid_navy&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Flag"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A contemporary source reported that as of 1737, the navy used an ensign with "white ground with a red <a href="/wiki/Shamshir" title="Shamshir">Persian Sword</a> in the middle", in which the term 'Persian Sword' referred to <a href="/wiki/Zulfiqar" title="Zulfiqar">Zulfiqar</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personnel">Personnel</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Afsharid_navy&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Personnel"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sailors of the Persian navy partly included <a href="/wiki/Huwala_(ethnic_group)" class="mw-redirect" title="Huwala (ethnic group)">Huwala people</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some European deserters were also employed in the navy.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Commanders">Commanders</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Afsharid_navy&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Commanders"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Mohammad Latif Khan, <i><a href="/wiki/Daryabeigi" class="mw-redirect" title="Daryabeigi">daryabeigi</a></i> and founder of the forces in the <a href="/wiki/Persian_Gulf" title="Persian Gulf">Persian Gulf</a> in 1734. He was dismissed in 1735 for losing a battle against <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman</a> galleys in <a href="/wiki/Basra_Eyalet" title="Basra Eyalet">Basra</a>, but was reinstated in 1736 and served in the capacity until his death by poisoning in 1737.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Captain Richard Cook, an Englishman and lieutenant to Mohammad Latif Khan who was killed in action in 1737<sup id="cite_ref-Floor43_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Floor43-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Mulla Ali Shah, commander of eastern squadron based in <a href="/wiki/Bandar_Abbas" title="Bandar Abbas">Bandar Abbas</a><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Mir Ali Khan Torkaman, <i><a href="/wiki/Daryabeigi" class="mw-redirect" title="Daryabeigi">daryabeigi</a></i> killed in action in August 1740<sup id="cite_ref-Floor47_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Floor47-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Mohammad Taqi Khan Mashhadi, <i><a href="/wiki/Daryabeigi" class="mw-redirect" title="Daryabeigi">daryabeigi</a></i> after 1742<sup id="cite_ref-Floor47_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Floor47-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Ward54_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ward54-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Equipment">Equipment</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Afsharid_navy&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Equipment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Northern_fleet">Northern fleet</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Afsharid_navy&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Northern fleet"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Persian northern fleet operated in the <a href="/wiki/Caspian_Sea" title="Caspian Sea">Caspian Sea</a>. By 1745, two <a href="/wiki/Frigate" title="Frigate">frigates</a> and four smaller vessels (all domestically-built) were in service.<sup id="cite_ref-Axworthy2000_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Axworthy2000-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Prompted by the Russians, one of the ships was reportedly burnt down near <a href="/wiki/Rasht" title="Rasht">Rasht</a> in 1752.<sup id="cite_ref-Axworthy174_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Axworthy174-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Before Persians started a northern fleet, <a href="/wiki/Nader_Shah" title="Nader Shah">Nader Shah</a> had to pay large amounts of money to privately owned Russian vessels in order to send supplies for his forces during the <a href="/wiki/Nader%27s_Dagestan_campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Nader's Dagestan campaign">Dagestan campaign</a>, due to monopolization by Russians.<sup id="cite_ref-Mirfendereski18_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mirfendereski18-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Southern_fleet">Southern fleet</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Afsharid_navy&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Southern fleet"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The main point of presence of the Southern fleet of Persian navy was in the <a href="/wiki/Persian_Gulf" title="Persian Gulf">Persian Gulf</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sea_of_Oman" class="mw-redirect" title="Sea of Oman">Sea of Oman</a>, but also as far afield as the <a href="/wiki/Arabian_Sea" title="Arabian Sea">Arabian Sea</a>. </p> <dl><dt>1734–1736</dt></dl> <p>In 1734, Persians bought two <a href="/wiki/Brigantine" title="Brigantine">brigantines</a> from the English, plus another two from a local Arab Shaikh.<sup id="cite_ref-Axworthy2000_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Axworthy2000-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The two English brigantines were named <i>Patna</i> and <i>Ruperall</i>, owned by Weddell and Cook respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Persians seized <a href="/wiki/East_Indiaman" title="East Indiaman">East Indiaman</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Northumberland_(ship)" title="Northumberland (ship)">Northumberland</a></i> in May 1736 in <a href="/wiki/Bushehr" title="Bushehr">Bushehr</a>, forcing the captain of the ship to sell it at "a great price" and turned it into a warship.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The ship was in a bad shape at the time and <a href="/wiki/East_India_Company" title="East India Company">East India Company</a> (EIC) "took precautionary steps in order to satisfy a potential Persian claim".<sup id="cite_ref-Mirfendereski18_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mirfendereski18-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In October of the same year, the fleet was reinforced by purchase of two English 20-gun <a href="/wiki/Frigate" title="Frigate">frigates</a> for 8,000 <i><a href="/wiki/Iranian_toman" title="Iranian toman">tomans</a></i>, one of which named <i>Cowan</i><sup id="cite_ref-Floor42_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Floor42-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, EIC records show only one ship sold.<sup id="cite_ref-Good227_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Good227-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Cowan</i> was later renamed to <i>Fath-i Shah</i> under Persians and turned into the Persian <a href="/wiki/Flagship" title="Flagship">flagship</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Good227_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Good227-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> though another source writes that <i>Fath-i Shah</i> was the former <i>Northumberland</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Barendse294_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Barendse294-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Cowan</i> was a privately owned vessel based in <a href="/wiki/Bombay" class="mw-redirect" title="Bombay">Bombay</a> and was bought by the EIC for a handover to the Persians that gained them 200% profit.<sup id="cite_ref-Good227_20-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Good227-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another vessel named <i>l'Heureux</i> was purchased from French country traders.<sup id="cite_ref-Barendse294_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Barendse294-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <dl><dt>1737</dt></dl> <p>As of 1737, a Dutch source reported inventory of Afsharid navy as the following: </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Ship </th> <th>Origin </th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td><i>Fattie Sjahie</i><sup>a</sup> </td> <td>English </td> <td>Purchased for 7,000 <i><a href="/wiki/Iranian_toman" title="Iranian toman">tomans</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Capitaine</i> </td> <td>English </td> <td>Purchased for 4,000 <i><a href="/wiki/Iranian_toman" title="Iranian toman">tomans</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Fatta Mamoedie</i><sup>b</sup> </td> <td>English </td> <td>Purchased for 400 <i><a href="/wiki/Iranian_toman" title="Iranian toman">tomans</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Nastar Chanie</i> </td> <td>English </td> <td>Purchased for 300 <i><a href="/wiki/Iranian_toman" title="Iranian toman">tomans</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Toeckel</i><sup>c</sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Basidu" class="mw-redirect" title="Basidu">Basidu</a> </td> <td>Purchased for 3,000 <i><a href="/wiki/Iranian_toman" title="Iranian toman">tomans</a></i> from Shaykh Rashid </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Fattilhaije</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Basidu" class="mw-redirect" title="Basidu">Basidu</a> </td> <td>Purchased for 1,300 <i><a href="/wiki/Iranian_toman" title="Iranian toman">tomans</a></i> from Shaykh Rashid </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Fatta Rhamhanie</i><sup>d</sup> </td> <td>Arabian </td> <td>Purchased for 400 <i><a href="/wiki/Iranian_toman" title="Iranian toman">tomans</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Illhaiji</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Basidu" class="mw-redirect" title="Basidu">Basidu</a> </td> <td>Purchased for 400 <i><a href="/wiki/Iranian_toman" title="Iranian toman">tomans</a></i> from Shaykh Rashid </td></tr> <tr> <td>unknown tranki </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Basidu" class="mw-redirect" title="Basidu">Basidu</a> </td> <td>taken from Shaykh Rashid </td></tr> <tr> <td>unknown tranki </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Basidu" class="mw-redirect" title="Basidu">Basidu</a> </td> <td>taken from Shaykh Rashid </td></tr> <tr> <td>unknown galwet </td> <td>Persian </td> <td>built by Mohammad Latif Khan </td></tr> <tr> <td>unknown galwet </td> <td>Persian </td> <td>built by Mohammad Latif Khan </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3"><span style="font-size:85%;"><sup>a</sup> also spelt <i>Fattishahi</i> (<a href="/wiki/Persian_language" title="Persian language">Persian</a>: <span lang="fa" dir="rtl">فتح شاهی</span>) <sup>b</sup> (<a href="/wiki/Persian_language" title="Persian language">Persian</a>: <span lang="fa" dir="rtl">فتح محمودی</span>)<br /><sup>c</sup> also spelt <i>Tawakkul</i> (<a href="/wiki/Persian_language" title="Persian language">Persian</a>: <span lang="fa" dir="rtl">توکل</span>) <sup>d</sup> (<a href="/wiki/Persian_language" title="Persian language">Persian</a>: <span lang="fa" dir="rtl">فتح رحمانی</span>)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3">Source: <a href="/wiki/Willem_Floor" title="Willem Floor">Floor</a> (1987)<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dt></dt> <dt>1741–1742</dt></dl> <p>A 1,100 tonnes <a href="/wiki/Bombay" class="mw-redirect" title="Bombay">Bombay</a>-based vessel named <i>Shawallum</i> was purchased from its owning consortium (John Lambton, <a href="/wiki/Parsis" title="Parsis">Parsi</a> merchants Bhomanji Rustamji and Manoji Nowroji, as well as Bombay-based Shivan Set Dharam Set) and was renamed to <i>Rahimi</i>, serving as the new <a href="/wiki/Flagship" title="Flagship">flagship</a> of the fleet.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The southern fleet included 15 vessels as of 1742, most of them built in <a href="/wiki/Dutch_Suratte" title="Dutch Suratte">Surat</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Cambay" class="mw-redirect" title="Gulf of Cambay">Gulf of Cambay</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Axworthy2000_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Axworthy2000-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Persia had ordered 11 ships to the Surat shipbuilder, first of which was delivered in 1741. The ships were made of <a href="/wiki/Teak" title="Teak">teak</a>, and were known for their durability.<sup id="cite_ref-Ward53_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ward53-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1742, <i>Robert Galley</i> was acquired from Englishman Eustace Peacock for 1,000 <i><a href="/wiki/Iranian_toman" title="Iranian toman">tomans</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Good227_20-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Good227-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two more ships, <i>Mary</i> and <i>Pembroke</i>, were purchased by the EIC at <a href="/wiki/Dutch_Suratte" title="Dutch Suratte">Surat</a> and sold at a cost of <a href="/wiki/Indian_rupee" title="Indian rupee">₹</a>186,251, equivalent to 9,312 <i><a href="/wiki/Iranian_toman" title="Iranian toman">tomans</a></i> or <a href="/wiki/Pound_sterling" title="Pound sterling">£</a>23,280.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Both <i>Mary</i> and <i>Pembroke</i> had technical problems at the time sold, the latter lacked <a href="/wiki/Full-rigged_ship" title="Full-rigged ship">full rigging</a> while the former suffered from leaks in her <a href="/wiki/Hull_(watercraft)" title="Hull (watercraft)">hull</a> and needed daily pumping.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <dl><dt>1745</dt></dl> <p>By 1745, the navy had some 30 vessels.<sup id="cite_ref-Ward53_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ward53-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <dl><dt>1747</dt></dl> <p>In 1747, the southern fleet consisted of 20 to 25 vessels.<sup id="cite_ref-Mirfendereski18_16-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mirfendereski18-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Loaned_ships">Loaned ships</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Afsharid_navy&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Loaned ships"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Afsharid navy <a href="/wiki/Lease" title="Lease">leased</a> the following vessels, for a limited time: </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Ship </th> <th>Flag state </th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td><i>Britannia</i> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Flag_of_the_British_East_India_Company_%281707%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_British_East_India_Company_%281707%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Flag_of_the_British_East_India_Company_%281707%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_British_East_India_Company_%281707%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Flag_of_the_British_East_India_Company_%281707%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_British_East_India_Company_%281707%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> British </td> <td>used for coast guard at <a href="/wiki/Bandar_Abbas" title="Bandar Abbas">Bandar Abbas</a> in 1734<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>De Rithem</i> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Flag_of_the_Dutch_East_India_Company.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Dutch_East_India_Company.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Flag_of_the_Dutch_East_India_Company.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Dutch_East_India_Company.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Flag_of_the_Dutch_East_India_Company.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Dutch_East_India_Company.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> Dutch </td> <td>used for anti-piracy patrols in 1736<sup id="cite_ref-Floor42_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Floor42-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Robert Galley</i> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Flag_of_the_British_East_India_Company_%281707%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_British_East_India_Company_%281707%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Flag_of_the_British_East_India_Company_%281707%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_British_East_India_Company_%281707%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Flag_of_the_British_East_India_Company_%281707%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_British_East_India_Company_%281707%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> British </td> <td>used for carrying passengers in 1734 and 1736<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>De Anthonia</i> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Flag_of_the_Dutch_East_India_Company.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Dutch_East_India_Company.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Flag_of_the_Dutch_East_India_Company.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Dutch_East_India_Company.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Flag_of_the_Dutch_East_India_Company.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Dutch_East_India_Company.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> Dutch </td> <td>used to attack <a href="/wiki/Sultanate_of_Muscat" class="mw-redirect" title="Sultanate of Muscat">Muscat</a> in 1737<sup id="cite_ref-Floor43_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Floor43-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Thuys Foreest</i> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Flag_of_the_Dutch_East_India_Company.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Dutch_East_India_Company.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Flag_of_the_Dutch_East_India_Company.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Dutch_East_India_Company.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Flag_of_the_Dutch_East_India_Company.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Dutch_East_India_Company.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> Dutch </td> <td>used to send supplies against <a href="/wiki/Sultanate_of_Muscat" class="mw-redirect" title="Sultanate of Muscat">Muscat</a> in 1737<sup id="cite_ref-Floor43_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Floor43-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Rose Galley</i> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Flag_of_the_British_East_India_Company_%281707%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_British_East_India_Company_%281707%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Flag_of_the_British_East_India_Company_%281707%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_British_East_India_Company_%281707%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Flag_of_the_British_East_India_Company_%281707%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_British_East_India_Company_%281707%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> British </td> <td>used for carrying supplies in 1738<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Thof niet altijd Somer</i> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Flag_of_the_Dutch_East_India_Company.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Dutch_East_India_Company.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Flag_of_the_Dutch_East_India_Company.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Dutch_East_India_Company.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Flag_of_the_Dutch_East_India_Company.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Dutch_East_India_Company.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> Dutch </td> <td>used to send supplies against <a href="/wiki/Julfar" title="Julfar">Julfar</a> in 1739<sup id="cite_ref-Floor46_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Floor46-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>De Valk</i> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Flag_of_the_Dutch_East_India_Company.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Dutch_East_India_Company.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Flag_of_the_Dutch_East_India_Company.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Dutch_East_India_Company.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Flag_of_the_Dutch_East_India_Company.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Dutch_East_India_Company.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> Dutch </td> <td rowspan="3">used to suppress <a href="/wiki/Mutiny" title="Mutiny">mutiny</a> at <a href="/wiki/Kish,_Iran" title="Kish, Iran">Qaysh</a> island in 1740<sup id="cite_ref-Floor47_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Floor47-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>De Middenrak</i> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Flag_of_the_Dutch_East_India_Company.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Dutch_East_India_Company.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Flag_of_the_Dutch_East_India_Company.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Dutch_East_India_Company.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Flag_of_the_Dutch_East_India_Company.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Dutch_East_India_Company.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> Dutch </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>De Croonenburgh</i> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Flag_of_the_Dutch_East_India_Company.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Dutch_East_India_Company.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Flag_of_the_Dutch_East_India_Company.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Dutch_East_India_Company.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Flag_of_the_Dutch_East_India_Company.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Dutch_East_India_Company.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> Dutch </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Imperatritsa Rossii</i> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> Russian </td> <td>used to send rice for Persian troops in 1742<sup id="cite_ref-Mirfendereski18_16-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mirfendereski18-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>De Ridderkerk</i> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Flag_of_the_Dutch_East_India_Company.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Dutch_East_India_Company.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Flag_of_the_Dutch_East_India_Company.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Dutch_East_India_Company.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Flag_of_the_Dutch_East_India_Company.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Dutch_East_India_Company.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> Dutch </td> <td>used for a voyage to <a href="/wiki/Thatta" title="Thatta">Thatta</a> in 1742<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>At times, the Afsharid navy was unsuccessful while attempting to acquire new vessels. Shortly after <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_of_Russia" title="Elizabeth of Russia">Elizabeth of Russia</a> inherited the throne in December 1771, Persia asked for a loan of ten <a href="/wiki/Russian_Navy" title="Russian Navy">Russian Navy</a> ships for deployment in <a href="/wiki/Nader%27s_Dagestan_campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Nader's Dagestan campaign">Nader's Dagestan campaign</a>. Suspicious of never getting them back, the Russian ambassador to Persia advised Moscow to not lend them.<sup id="cite_ref-Mirfendereski18_16-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mirfendereski18-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> 1730, the privately owned British vessels <i>Severn</i> and <i>Edward</i> refused Persian requests to lease them.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Shipbuilding">Shipbuilding</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Afsharid_navy&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Shipbuilding"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1743, <a href="/wiki/Nader_Shah" title="Nader Shah">Nader Shah</a> appointed English merchant <a href="/wiki/John_Elton" title="John Elton">John Elton</a> as the superintendent of naval shipbuilding in northern Iran, and bestowed him the title <i>Jamal Beig</i>. Elton headquartered the shipping facilities in <a href="/wiki/Lahijan" title="Lahijan">Lahijan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Langaroud" class="mw-redirect" title="Langaroud">Langaroud</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Afsharid_navy&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Military_of_the_Afsharid_dynasty_of_Persia" class="mw-redirect" title="Military of the Afsharid dynasty of Persia">Military of the Afsharid dynasty of Persia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_Iran" title="Military history of Iran">Military history of Iran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_history_of_Iran" title="Naval history of Iran">Naval history of Iran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Achaemenid_navy" title="Achaemenid navy">Achaemenid navy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sasanian_navy" title="Sasanian navy">Sasanian navy</a></li></ul> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1130092004">.mw-parser-output .portal-bar{font-size:88%;font-weight:bold;display:flex;justify-content:center;align-items:baseline}.mw-parser-output .portal-bar-bordered{padding:0 2em;background-color:#fdfdfd;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;clear:both;margin:1em auto 0}.mw-parser-output .portal-bar-related{font-size:100%;justify-content:flex-start}.mw-parser-output .portal-bar-unbordered{padding:0 1.7em;margin-left:0}.mw-parser-output .portal-bar-header{margin:0 1em 0 0.5em;flex:0 0 auto;min-height:24px}.mw-parser-output .portal-bar-content{display:flex;flex-flow:row wrap;flex:0 1 auto;padding:0.15em 0;column-gap:1em;align-items:baseline;margin:0;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output 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<span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFFloor1987">Floor 1987</a>, p. 31</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFFloor1987">Floor 1987</a>, p. 33</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFFloor1987">Floor 1987</a>, p. 52</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFFarrokh2011">Farrokh 2011</a>, pp. 154</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBulley2013">Bulley 2013</a>, pp. 29</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFShapur_Shahbazi1999">Shapur Shahbazi 1999</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFFloor1987">Floor 1987</a>, p. 44</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFGood2018">Good 2018</a>, p. 229</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFFloor1987">Floor 1987</a>, pp. 38, 40–41, 45</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Floor43-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Floor43_12-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Floor43_12-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Floor43_12-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFFloor1987">Floor 1987</a>, p. 43</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFDavies1997">Davies 1997</a>, pp. 174–175</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Floor47-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Floor47_14-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Floor47_14-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Floor47_14-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFFloor1987">Floor 1987</a>, p. 47</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Ward54-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Ward54_15-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFWard2014">Ward 2014</a>, p. 54</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Mirfendereski18-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Mirfendereski18_16-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Mirfendereski18_16-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Mirfendereski18_16-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Mirfendereski18_16-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Mirfendereski18_16-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFMirfendereski2001">Mirfendereski 2001</a>, p. 18</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFFloor1987">Floor 1987</a>, p. 39</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFFloor1987">Floor 1987</a>, p. 41</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Floor42-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Floor42_19-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Floor42_19-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFFloor1987">Floor 1987</a>, p. 42</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Good227-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Good227_20-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Good227_20-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Good227_20-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Good227_20-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFGood2018">Good 2018</a>, p. 227</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBlack2004">Black 2004</a>, p. 73</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Barendse294-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Barendse294_22-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Barendse294_22-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBarendse2009">Barendse 2009</a>, p. 294</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a 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id="cite_note-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-28">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFGood2018">Good 2018</a>, pp. 217–218</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-29">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFGood2018">Good 2018</a>, pp. 220–221, 227</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-30">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFGood2018">Good 2018</a>, pp. 220–221</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Floor46-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Floor46_31-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFFloor1987">Floor 1987</a>, pp. 46</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-32">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFFloor1987">Floor 1987</a>, p. 49</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-33"><span 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