Nadir Shah (1688 - 1747) was a leader of Persia and has sometimes been described as the "Persian Napoleon". He drove out the Afghans who were occupying Persia and took the throne in 1736. In 1738, he conquered Kandahar and Kabul. He continued on to India, defeating a great Mughal army, plundering Delhi starting on March 20, 1739, and massacring thousands of its people. He returned home with vast treasures, including the Peacock Throne[?], which thereafter served as a symbol of Iranian imperial might and the Koh-i-Noor diamond. He was assassinated in 1747.
... also spelled Rameses, is the name of several Egyptian pharaohs:
Ramses I[?]
Ramses II ("The Great")
Ramses III
Ramses IV[?]
The name means "Child of ...