Editing Mahmud I (section)

==Relations with Afsharid Empire==
In March 1741, the ambassador of Nadir Shah from Iran’s government, Hacı Han, came to Istanbul with 3,000 people and his guards unit to prolong the peace between them. Among his gifts were fabrics embroidered with jewels, ten elephants, and valuable weapons. Hacı Han was given a banquet in Fener Bahçesin. It was also a problem to pass the elephants brought by hand to Istanbul, and wide shakes were laid on the barges, so wooden curtains were laid around them so that elephants could not be scared.{{sfn|Sakaoğlu|2015|p=317}}

The relations between the [[Afsharid Empire]] and [[Ottoman Empire]] became increasingly tense, reached a new dimension in February 1743, and Shah Safi, who was one of Shah Hussein's princes and held hostage on [[Chios Island|Chios]], was condemned and led to Nader Shah's inability to complete. He was sent to the Afsharid border with the troops that joined him.{{sfn|Sakaoğlu|2015|p=318}}