Hotaki dynasty
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| Capital | Kandahar Isfahan |
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| Language(s) | Pashto Persian |
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| Government | Monarchy | |||
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| - Established | 1709 | |||
| - Disestablished | 1738 | |||
| Today part of |  Afghanistan Iran Pakistan |
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The Hotaki dynasty was founded in 1709 by Mirwais Hotak at Kandahar, Afghanistan. It was made up of ethnic Afghans who belonged to the Hotak tribe of Pashtuns.[1] They revolted and made their land independent from foreign ruler, but later they invaded Persia and defeated the great Persian Empire of the Shi'a Safavids.[2]
Mahmud Hotaki, son of Mirwais, ruled Persia until he died in 1725 and then his cousin Ashraf ruled until 1729 when Nader Shah Afshar defeated him.[3]
The last king was Hussain Hotaki in Kandahar until he was defeated by Nader Shah in 1738.[4]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "AN OUTLINE OF THE HISTORY OF PERSIA DURING THE LAST TWO CENTURIES (A.D. 1722–1922)". Edward Granville Browne. London: Packard Humanities Institute. p. 29. http://persian.packhum.org/persian/pf?file=90001014&ct=29. Retrieved 2012-07-01.
- ↑ "Account of British Trade across the Caspian Sea". Jonas Hanway. Centre for Military and Strategic Studies. http://www.conflicts.rem33.com/images/Georgia/Allen_14.htm. Retrieved 2012-07-01.
- ↑ Malleson, George Bruce (1878). History of Afghanistan, from the Earliest Period to the Outbreak of the War of 1878. London: Elibron.com. p. 227. ISBN 1402172788, 9781402172786. http://books.google.com/books?id=pqNGBEmHUd4C&lpg=PP1&pg=PA227#v=onepage&q&f=false. Retrieved 2012-07-01.
- ↑ "AN OUTLINE OF THE HISTORY OF PERSIA DURING THE LAST TWO CENTURIES (A.D. 1722-1922)". Edward Granville Browne. London: Packard Humanities Institute. p. 33. http://persian.packhum.org/persian/pf?file=90001014&ct=33. Retrieved 2012-07-01.
