ʿĀdil Shāh (r. 1160-61/1747-48) was the regnal name of ʿAlī Qulī Khān, Nādir Shāh's nephew and immediate successor in the Afshārid dynasty of Iran (r. 1148-1210/1736-96). He was the eldest son of Nādir's brother, Ibrāhīm Khān (d. 1151/1738). In 1150/1737 he was made governor of Mashhad and married Kethewan, the daughter of the Georgian king Teimuraz II (r. 1145-76/1732-62). After Nādir's return from India in 1153/1740 and his successful campaign in Transoxania later that same