Shahrukh Afshar

Shahrokh Shah شاهرخ
Coin minted during the reign of Shahrokh Shah.
Shah of the Afsharid dynasty
Reign	October 1748–January 1750
Predecessor	Ebrahim Shah
Successor	Suleiman II (Safavid pretender)
Shah of the Afsharid dynasty
Reign	March 1750–1796
Predecessor	Suleiman II
Successor	Agha Mohammad Shah (Qajar conquest)
Born	21 March 1734 Mashhad
Died	1796 (aged 62) Damghan
Issue	Nader Mirza Afshar
Father	Reza Qoli Mirza Afshar
Mother	Fatimeh Sultan Begum
Religion	Twelver Shia Islam

Shahrokh Mirza Afshar, better known by his dynastic name of Shahrokh Shah (Persian: شاهرخ‎‎: also spelled Shah Rokh) (c. 1734–1796), was a king of the Afsharid dynasty and a contemporary of the Zand kings.

Shahrokh Mirza was the son of Reza Qoli Mirza Afshar, who was the son of the powerful Iranian shah Nader Shah (r. 1736-1747), who had briefly carved what was arguably the most powerful empire at the time. Shahrokh's mother was the Safavid princess Fatimeh Sultan Begum, who was the daughter of the Safavid shah Sultan Husayn (r. 1694–1722), thus making Shahrokh part of the Safavid royal family.

Shahrokh was elected by the nobles following the assassination of Ebrahim Afshar in 1748. Shahrokh's son Nader Mirza Afshar, became the prince of Khorasan. Shahrokh made Mashhad the capital of his kingdom. He was a contemporary of Mirza Mohammad, who was the son of shah Suleiman I's daughter and a clergyman. Encouraged by the nobles, he came to believe he was the true heir to the throne. Thus he captured and blinded Shahrokh capitalizing on the popular dissatisfaction with Shahrokh's rule, partly owing to the conduct of his Georgian favorite Rasul Beg, who scandalized Mashhad by making free with the harem of his master. In 1749, during a struggle for power, the son of the Khan of Tabriz, Azad Khan Afghan, began a campaign for independence which removed the province of Azerbaijan from Iran, while in the west the Qajar tribe led by Mohammad Hassan Khan took over the region of Mazandaran.

In 1750, Soleyman II was captured and blinded by the followers of Shahrokh, subsequent to which Shahrokh was reinstated as Shah.