Talk:Campaigns of Nader Shah

Orphaned references in Naderian Wars
I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of Naderian Wars's orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.

Reference named "iranica": From Greater Khorasan: ''"Khorasan i. Ethnic Groups,"' Pierre Oberling, Encyclopaedia Iranica From Nader Shah:  

I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. AnomieBOT ⚡ 03:03, 16 September 2015 (UTC)

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It would be nice if there were even a single source in English using the term "Naderian Wars". Srnec (talk) 00:15, 12 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Pardon me for my ignorance, but this war really happened? I mean, was this really a war or a series of small conflicts? Is this a sort of Bicholim Conflict, not in a sense that it was made up but the sources does not seem to support this war as it's portrait. Coltsfan (talk) 15:36, 12 October 2015 (UTC)
 * I haven't looked that closely, but I see no signs of a hoax, just a terminology that is unknown in English. I don't know enough about Persian/Iranian history to comment on whether the portrayal of these wars in this article is a good representation of reliable sources. I can only assume good faith, but the fact that the title has stood for years without comment while being, as far as I can tell, a Wikipedian neologism, is not a good sign. Srnec (talk) 03:32, 15 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Something is a bit odd. Maybe the creator of the article could enlighten us? Or maybe more experienced editors should be consulted. This article is very strange. I'm also assuming good faith of the people who created and expanded the article, but it would be good to check it out. Coltsfan (talk) 20:53, 15 October 2015 (UTC)
 * I cannot find the phrase "Naderian Wars" used in English language historical literature or scholarship. The sparseness of citation for such a long article is unusual. In particular the phrase stating that the wars were "a series of conflicts fought in the early to mid-eighteenth century throughout Eurasia" is incorrect. Both France and Thailand are in Eurasia (which means the landmass incorporating both Europe and Asia) and these wars did not impinge upon either. Perhaps "Central Eurasia" is meant? Urselius (talk) 12:23, 6 November 2015 (UTC)
 * The primary author has obviously put a great deal of work into this article. I imagine that relevant English language works are sparse. Having said this, a title such as "The campaigns of Nader Shah" would be much better, avoiding a neologism and falling into line with the many English language military history works called "The Campaigns of ....." I would urge the primary editor of this article to engage with the other editors who have commented here, it is far better to be involved in ironing out problems, than to find things are changed against your wishes following the establishment of a consensus of opinion. Urselius (talk) 16:13, 6 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Hi everyone. I am the creator of the page and it's initial author. I created just about all the battle articles in the template the "Naderian Wars". The term "Naderian wars" came from my transliteration of the Persian term for the wars i.e. "Jangha-ye Naderi" which is mentioned in a plethora of primary sources dealing with the era, for example Mirza Mahdi Astarabadi's "Tarikh-e Jahangosha-ye Naderi", Mohammad Kazim's "Alam Ara-ye Naderi" to name just two of the most important contemporary documents. I hope this help clarify things a little. And as to whether or not the wars actually happened there are plenty of battles in the template which are well-sourced (using English language sources amongst others) and easily verifiable. Parsa1993 (talk) 02:06, 10 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks for replying. I think that there is a level of difficulty with a straightforward translation of "Jangha-ye Naderi" into English as an article title. This is twofold, first problem is the one mentioned earlier, that it is a neologism in English, and second that it is not as obvious a connection to Nader Shah as a title incorporating the words "Nader Shah" would be. Undoubtedly, Nader Shah himself and the Naderian wars ("Jangha-ye Naderi") are much more widely known to Iranians than to English language speakers in general. I found the following book online which might be useful: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=dUHhTPdJ6yIC&pg=PT202&dq=campaigns+of+Nader+Shah&hl=en&sa=X&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=campaigns%20of%20Nader%20Shah&f=false Urselius (talk)

The term "Naderian"
After some thought, I have come to the conclusion that the use of the term "Naderian" is, at least for now, inappropriate for Wikipedia. This is because no current academic publication uses that transliteration. In fact, there exists no descriptive term for events and matters relating to the person of Nader and his reign and era in the English language. Of course, the term نادری exists in Persian, but this hasn't been borrowed by any English language scholars. My creation of the term "Naderian" was meant to offer just such a transliteration, but essentially this is "OR" and so inappropriate. Quite soon I will have to start a Ph.D. and I will be introducing a transliteration of the Persian term نادری but I don't think I will go with "Naderian" this time round. Perhaps "Nadery" or "Naderi" would be better as they more directly correspond to their Persian equivalent. In any case, none of the above terms appear in any of the available literature at the current moment. Therefore it's best if we just simply use Nader's campaigns/Nader's wars. (I would rather not use Nader Shah's campaigns/.... since it's slightly longer and also there are numerous biographers who simply refer to him in the majority of cases as simply Nader rather than his adopted title of Nader Shah). Parsa1993 (talk) 15:54, 23 July 2016 (UTC)


 * I think the term "Naderian Wars" is a good one, but I think we must wait until it is used in published sources before using it here. If you publish something (academic) with the term in it, by all means restore it here. Srnec (talk) 01:17, 20 July 2017 (UTC)

What about the Napoleonic wars? Should they instead be reffered to as "Napoleon's campaigns". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.136.224.26 (talk) 00:30, 7 September 2016 (UTC)

Missing battles
wasnt there a battle of Avaria. plz make the article, thx — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.146.15.45 (talk) 18:59, 5 March 2016 (UTC)

There was also a capture of tblisi. lots of other minor battles as well..

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I came here looking for Presidential campaigns of Ralph Nader!! <> Alt lys er svunnet hen (talk) 06:20, 27 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Yes, I've moved it for this very reason. Srnec (talk) 01:17, 20 July 2017 (UTC)

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