History Daily: The Battle of Karnal

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🗓️ 24 February 2025

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

February 24, 1739. The Persian leader Nader Shah wins a decisive victory in India at the Battle of Karnal. The fallout from the battle shatters the Mughal Empire, leaving the sub-continent vulnerable to later domination by colonial powers.

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0:00.0	It's the morning of August 6, 1708 in the province of Horassonne in northeast Persia.
0:15.2	Clutching a bow at his side, 10-year-old Nadir Koli scurries up a hill in the footsteps of his father.
0:21.3	Reaching the top first, his father holds out a hand and warning, and Nadir freezes.
0:26.2	His father points silently down the other side of the hill.
0:29.4	Less than 100 feet away, a wolf feasts on the entrails of a fat-tailed sheep.
0:34.5	Nadir looks over at his father, and his father nods.
0:38.9	This is the animal they've been hunting. For days, this wolf has been picking off the family's flock of sheep one by one. Now they
0:45.2	finally found the predator, and Nadir's father wants him to take the shot. It's Nadir's birthday,
0:50.9	and now that he's 10 years old, his father thinks he's old enough for the responsibility. With his bow and arrow in his hands, Nadia's birthday, and now that he's 10 years old, his father thinks he's old enough for the responsibility.
0:55.7	With his bow and arrow in his hands, Nadir slowly and silently rises to his feet.
1:01.1	One wrong move, and the animal could flee.
1:03.9	Taking a final, calming breath, Nadir takes aim and lets loose.
1:09.1	The wolf flinches in pain before slumping to the ground. Nadir smiles
1:14.2	with relief as his father jumps to his feet to congratulate him. It's a clean shot right through
1:19.5	the heart. Nadir Koli's father has always been certain that his boy is special.
1:28.2	When Nader was young, his father was told by a fortune teller that his son was destined for
1:32.6	greatness, that one day he would not just be a king, but a king of kings.
1:37.2	Nadir's father does not live long enough to see it, but the souser will be proved right.
1:42.1	Nadir will be a king, and then an emperor, and almost all of Asia will be at his command after he wins a stunning victory at the Battle of Carnal on February 24, 1739.
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