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On 30 January, Ahmad Shah minted coins in his name. He further married Hazrat Begum, a daughter of Alamgir, [129] whilst also marrying his son, Timur Shah Durrani, to another daughter of Alamgir. [130] Ahmad Shah then ordered all Hindus to wear distinctive marks on their head, [131] as well as forbidding non-Muslims from wearing the turban ...
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]
In April 1757, after sacking the imperial capital of Delhi, the Durrani king Ahmed Shah Abdali desired to marry the deceased Emperor Muhammad Shah's 16-year-old daughter. [10] As she was only 16 years old, Badshah Begum again resisted handing over her tender charge to an Afghan king 35 years old, but Shah forcibly wedded her on 5 April 1757 in ...
Padshah Ahmad Shah Durrani Lived: 1720/1722–1772 Reign: 1747–1772: Padshah Timur Shah Durrani Lived: 1748–1793 Reign: 1772–1793: Padshah Mahmud Shah Durrani Lived: 1769–1829 Reign: 1801–1803, 1809–1818: Shahzada Kamran Durrani 1789–1840: Shahzada Nadir Bismillah Durrani 1810–1873: Shahzada Rasheed Khan Durrani 1832–1880 ...
Abdali may refer to: An alternate name for the Durrani, one of the largest Pashtun tribes of Afghanistan and western Pakistan Ahmed Shah Durrani, also known as Ahmad Shah Abdali, founder of the Durrani Empire in Afghanistan; Al-Abdali, a district in Amman, Jordan; Abdali Mall, Amman, Jordan; Abdali Project, in Al-Abdali; Abdali Road, Multan ...
They defeated the Afghan forces of Ahmed Shah Abdali. The Afghans numbered around 25,000–30,000 and were led by Timur Shah, the son of Ahmad Shah Durrani. [119] During the confederacy era, Mahadaji Shinde resurrected the Maratha domination over much of Northern India which was lost after the Third Battle of Panipat.
The forefathers of Ahmad Shāh Durrānī, the founder of the Durrani Empire, were from the Sadozai tribe which is a subtribe of the Popalzai. According to Mohan Lal , the Zirak line begins with Sulaiman Zirak Khan, who was the father of Popalzai, Barakzai , and Alakozai . [ 3 ]
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]