Analysis of Nader Shah's Policies and Measures for Reinforcing Southern Marine Borders

uring history, Iranian governments have been mostly land-based than marine-based. By emerging new marine powers and entering Portuguese into the Persian Gulf and European developments in new centuries that culminated in their presence all over the world, different countries competed in the Persian Gulf politics and commerce which attracted Iranian king's attraction towards this strategic place of the world. This article examines Nader Shah's objectives and measures for establishing marine border navy. The article tries to answer this question: What was the impact of establishing navy force on controlling the southern marine borders and whether it happened as the result of new developments in the relationship between central government and hostile forces including southern tribes and western powers? The hypothesis is that due to the significance of southern marine borders, Nader Shah sought to have a powerful presence at local, national and international levels of the Persian Gulf borders and establishing navy force in the region have been in this direction.