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Ahmad Shah Durrani: 1747–1772 Born as Ahmad Khan c. 1722 to Zaman Khan Abdali, who was Governor of Herat Province and chief of the Abdali. [17] During the war between Safavids and the Afghans, his father and grandfather were both killed in a battle, and the young Ahmad Khan fled south to take refuge in Kandahar with the Ghiljis. [18]
Ahmad Shah first settled the dispute of leadership, asserting himself as the leader of Durrani tribesmen by forcing the former leader to step down. Ahmad Shah also killed 'Abd al-Ghani Khan, his uncle and the governor of Kandahar to secure complete power over the Durrani regiments. With the dispute over leadership concluded, Ahmad Shah's forces ...
The Durrani Empire, [b] colloquially known as the Afghan Empire, [c] [9] or the Sadozai Kingdom, [d] [10] was an Afghan empire founded by the Durrani tribe of Pashtuns under Ahmad Shah Durrani in 1747, which spanned parts of Central Asia, the Iranian plateau, and the Indian subcontinent.
The Tarikh-i Ahmad Shahi traces the life and deeds of Ahmad Shah Durrani, with most of the manuscript devoted to events that occurred after 1747. [11] Rather than being a history of a particular region, it was a biography of Ahmad Shah. Ahmad Shah's reign is covered in varied lengths of folios by Al-Husayni. [11]
David Chaffetz. December 15, 2024 at 1:00 AM. Afghanistan was once the Saudi Arabia of its time, due to its ownership of an important commodity: Horses. ... King Ahmad Shah Durrani (1722-1772 ...
Son of Ahmad Shah Durrani . ... Ahmad Shah Durrani (1) r. 1747–1772: Sardar Payinda Mohammad Khan: Barakzai dynasty: Timur Shah Durrani (2)
On 30 January, Ahmad Shah minted coins in his name, and married his son, Timur Shah Durrani, to a daughter of Alamgir II. [27] Ahmad Shah then ordered all Hindus to wear distinctive marks on their head, [28] as well as forbidding non-Muslims from wearing the turban. Extortionate demands were also placed upon the Mughal nobility.
Ahmad Shah Durrani used this vacuum of power to re-conquer Herat and besiege Mashhad in July 1750. [4] Ahmad Shah eventually gave up the siege of Mashhad on November 10 though and moved on to besieging Nishapur. However, the Afghan forces suffered heavy casualties (many Afghan troops froze to death) and were forced to retreat in the winter of 1751.