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The Durrani Empire, or the Afghan Empire, also known as the Sadozai Kingdom, 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 Durrani dynasty (Persian: سلسله درانیان; Pashto: د درانيانو کورنۍ) was founded in 1747 by Ahmad Shah Durrani at Kandahar, Afghanistan. He united the different Pashtun tribes and created the Durrani Empire.
Durrani Empire. Ahmad Shah Durrani (1747–1772), founder of the Durrani Empire, belongs to Popalzai. In 1747, Ahmad Shah Durrani established the Durrani Empire with its capital at Kandahar. He adopted the title Shāh Durr-i-Durrān, "King, Pearl of Pearls," and changed the name of his tribe "Abdali" to "Durrani" after himself.
Durrānī, one of the two chief tribal confederations of Afghanistan, the other being the Ghilzay. In the time of Nādir Shah, the Durrānī were granted lands in the region of Kandahār, which was their homeland, and they moved there from Herāt. In the late 18th century the Durrānī took up agriculture.
The Durrani Empire (also referred to as the Afghan Empire) was a large state that included modern Afghanistan, Pakistan, northeastern Iran, and western India. It was founded at Kandahar in 1747, by an Afghan military commander, Ahmad Shah Durrani .
Ahmad Shah Durrani, founder of the state of Afghanistan and ruler of an empire that extended form the Amu Darya (ancient Oxus River) to the Indian Ocean and from Khorasan into Kashmir, the Punjab, and Sindh.
The Durrani Empire (known as the Afghan Empire) was established in 1747 by Ahmad Shah Durrani at Kandahar, Afghanistan. It included the land that is now called Afghanistan, Pakistan , eastern Iran and western India .
The Durrani dynasty (1747 – 1842) was founded in Kandahar, Afghanistan, in 1747, when a group of Pakhtun (Pushtun) elders elected Ahmad Durrani to lead them. Members of the house of Ahmad Shah ruled over the empire he created until its collapse in 1818. A branch of the family maintained control over Herat and the northwestern region until 1842.
Apr 12, 2024 · Under his leadership, the Durrani Empire, named after the Durrani tribe, emerged as a formidable force, uniting the Pashtun tribes. Ahmad Shah's notable victory against the Maratha Empire at the Battle of Panipat in 1761 further solidified his empire's strength.
The Durrani empire emerged in 1747 as funda-mentally a military confederation of Pashtun ethnic groups in the Central Asian region of modern-day Afghanistan, India, and Pakistan. While not a centralized state, at its peak of expansion the Durrani empire covered an area of 780,000 square miles (2,000,000 square kilo-meters).
