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A renowned Enlightenment polymath, Sir William Jones was a lawyer, translator & poet who wrote authoritatively on politics, comparative linguistics & oriental literature. Known initially for his Persian translations & political radicalism, Jones became further celebrated for his study & translation of ancient Sanskrit texts following his appointment to the supreme court in Calcutta in 1783. He spent the next 11 years introducing Europe to the mysticism & rationality of Hinduism through works such as his nine 'Hymns' to Hindu deities & his translation of the Sanskrit classic Sacontalá, influencing Romantic writers from William Blake to August Wilhelm Schlegel. Volume 11 of his 13-volume works, published in 1807, contains most of Jones' Histoire de Nader Chah (1770), a memoir of the famed Iranian ruler, translated into French from the Persian. Commissioned by the king of Denmark, this was Jones' first publication.

Nādir Shāh, --- Iran --- Kings and rulers --- History --- Thamar Kuli Khan, --- Takhmas Kuly-khan, --- Ṭahmāsb Qolī Khān, --- Nāder Shāh, --- Natr-Shah, --- Nadir-shakh, --- Nādir Shāh Afshār, --- Afshār, Nādir Shāh, --- Nādir Afshār, --- اواخر صفوىه، فتنه افغان، سلطنت نادر شاه و احوال جمعى از بزرگان --- نادر شاه --- نادر شاه، --- نادرشاه، --- República Islâmica do Irã --- Irã --- Persia --- Northern Tier --- Islamic Republic of Iran --- Jumhūrī-i Islāmī-i Īrān --- I-lang --- Paras-Iran --- Paras --- Persia-Iran --- I.R.A. --- Islamische Republik Iran --- Islamskai︠a︡ Respublika Iran --- I.R.I. --- IRI --- ايران --- جمهورى اسلامى ايران --- Êran --- Komarî Îslamî Êran