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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 ...
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]
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]
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.
On 30 January, Ahmad Shah minted coins in his name, and married his son, Timur Shah Durrani, to a daughter of Alamgir II. [28] Ahmad Shah then ordered all Hindus to wear distinctive marks on their head, [29] as well as forbidding non-Muslims from wearing the turban. Extortionate demands were also placed upon the Mughal nobility.
The Durrani Empire was formed in 1747 following the death of Nader Shah. The empire was founded by Ahmad Shah Durrani, who began expanding the empire in all directions. Ahmad Shah would expand into Khorasan, Punjab, and India. During this period of time, they would establish Wazirs, similar to the Ottoman Empire.
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]
Some historians have suggested that Ahmad Shah Durrani had around 18,000 Afghan soldiers under his command, one third of which were from his own tribe. [ 13 ] [ 4 ] [ 1 ] [ 14 ] J. L. Mehta estimates that Ahmad Shah had around 40,000 under his command, [ 15 ] while the Cambridge History of India, suggests he had 30,000 cavalry. [ 16 ]