Afshars were not a single clan, but a federation of many oymaqs (tribal branches) that grew over centuries from the Oghuz–Turkmen Afshar root. Different chronicles list slightly different names, but when we combine Persian, Ottoman, Caucasian and Afghan sources, we get a fairly complete picture.

Below is the most accepted reconstruction used by historians of the Afsharid period.

MAJOR TRIBAL BRANCHES OF THE AFSHARS

1) Core Classical Branches (from Safavid–Afsharid era)

These are considered the “mother branches” from which later sub-clans formed:

1. Qirqlu (Kırklı / Qırxlı) – tribe of Nader Shah himself

2. Qasimlu (Kasımlo)

3. Gunduzlu (Gündüzlü)

4. Eberlu (Eberlü / Abarlu)

5. Imanlu (İmanlı)

6. Alplu (Alplı / Alpulu)

7. Usalu (Usallı)

8. Köse-Ahmadlu

9. Köçekli / Kocheklu

10. Sarılu (Sarılı)

11. Beydili-Afshar

12. Şamlu-Afshar

13. Aynallu (Aynalı)

14. Karalu (Qaralu)

15. Qutlu-Afshar

16. Khalaj-Afshar (mixed group)

17. Tekelu-Afshar 

2) Khorasan Confederation Branches

(formed around Abivard, Dargaz, Mashhad)

18. Afshar-Abivardi

19. Afshar-Dargazi

20. Jalayir-Afshar

21. Bayat-Afshar

22. Chamehlu

23. Karakoyunlu-Afshar

24. Bozchalu

3) Azerbaijan & Caucasus Branches

25. Urumlu-Afshar

26. Afshar-Urmia

27. Qarapapaq-Afshar

28. Afshar-Maku

29. Afshar-Khoy

30. Ganja Afshars

31. Karabakh Afshars

32. Tiflis Afshars

4) Anatolian (Turkey) Afshar Tribes

33. Bozulus Afshars

34. Yeni-il Afshars

35. Karaman Afshars

36. Tarsus Afshars

37. Sivas Afshars

38. Kayseri Afshars

39. Çukurova Afshars

40. Kozanoglu line (Afshar origin)

5) Afghan & Central Asian Branches

41. Kabul Afshari

42. Herat Afshari

43. Qataghan Afshars

44. Balkh Afshars

45. Badakhshan Afshars

6) Iraq & Syria Afshars

46. Kirkuk Afshars

47. Mosul Afshars

48. Aleppo Afshars

49. Latakia Turkmen-Afshars