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Hazrat Begum (Persian: حضرت بیگم; Pashto: حضرت بېګم; born c. 1740), also known as Hazrat Mahal [1] [2] and Sahiba Begum, [3] was a Mughal princess, as the daughter of Mughal Emperor Muhammad Shah. She was a wife of Ahmad Shah Durrani, the first emir of the Durrani Empire.
Nader Shah then chose to sleep with his favorite wife, ... In Pakistan, a short-range ballistic missile Abdali-I, is named in the honour of Ahmad Shah Abdali. [117]
Ahmad Shah Durrani (also known as Ahmad Shah Abdali), the founder of the Durrani Empire, invaded Indian subcontinent a total of eight times between 1748 and 1767, following the collapse of Mughal Empire in the mid-18th century. His objectives were met through the raids (taking the wealth and destroying sacred places belonging to the Indians ...
Ahmad Shah Durrani, who is considered the founder of the modern state of Afghanistan, belonged to the Abdali tribe. In 1747 after establishing the Durrani Empire based in Kandahar, he adopted the epithet Shāh Durr-i-Durrān, "King, Pearl of Pearls," and changed the name of his Tareen Abdali tribe to "Durrani" after himself. [1] [2]
She was known for playing her friends and foes against each other for her personal gains. She was the wife of Moin-ul-Mulk (Mir Mannu), who was Governor of the Subah of Lahore from 1748 to 1753, and who had endeared himself to Ahmed Shah Abdali, the Emperor of Afghanistan. [3]
Ahmad Shah retired to his home in the mountains east of Kandahar, where he died on 14 April 1773. [15] He had succeeded to a remarkable degree in balancing tribal alliances and hostilities, and in directing tribal energies away from rebellion. He earned recognition as Ahmad Shah Baba, or "Father of Afghanistan." [4] [16]
He then marched towards Delhi, in January 1757, the Mughal Emperor Alamgir II with courtiers such as Shah Waliullah, nobles such as Najib-ul-Daula, and the imperial family went to meet Ahmad Shah Durrani, whose forces then engaged the Marathas in combat and threatened to overthrow and execute the regime of Imad-ul-Mulk in the sacking of Delhi.
Portrait of Afghan Emperor Ahmad Shah Durrani c.1757. Ahmad Shah Durrani, the ruler of the Durrani Empire, embarked on numerous campaigns into India during his reign.In 1747, he launched his first invasion, seizing Kabul and Peshawar from the Mughals before advancing into the Punjab.