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vanquished very kindly in the hope of winning them over to his side.
While Nadir was thus employed in the east, the Persian nobles of Isfahan persuaded the weak Tahmasap to place himself at the head of a large army, and march against the Turks, who were again assembling at the frontier. But he met a severe setback and lost in one month all that Nadir had gained during the previous years. He concluded a hasty treaty and ceded some of the western provinces to the Turks.
When Nadir learnt of this humiliating peace, he thought that it afforded him an excellent pretext for the realisation of projects which he had so long cherished. Repairing to Isfahan, he deposed Tehmasap and seated upon the throne his infant son, Abbas, with himself as regent. The time did not appear to be ripe for Nadir to place himself on the throne. Then at the head of a large army he marched to attack the Turks. After repeated victories over the Turks and the recovery of lost territories, he formally assumed the title of King of Persia (1736). At Moghan by the unanimous voice of the representatives of
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