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Ahmed Shah Abdali

Ahmad Shah Durrani
احمد شاه دراني
Padishah
Ghazi
Shah of the Durrani Empire
Durr-i-Durrani ("Pearl of Pearls")
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1st Emperor of the Durrani Empire
Reign 1747–1772 (25 years reign)
Coronation October 1747
Predecessor Hussain Hotak
Successor Timur Shah Durrani
Born c. 1722
Herat, Afghanistan
Died 16 October 1772(1772-10-16)
Maruf, Kandahar Province, Durrani Empire
Burial Kandahar, Durrani Empire
31°37′10″N 65°42′25″E / 31.61944°N 65.70694°E / 31.61944; 65.70694Coordinates: 31°37′10″N 65°42′25″E / 31.61944°N 65.70694°E / 31.61944; 65.70694
Spouse Hazrat Begum
Full name
Ahmad Shah Abdali Dur-e-Durran
Dynasty Durrani
Father Muhammad Zaman Khan Abdali
Mother Zarghuna Alakozai
Religion

Islam

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Full name
Ahmad Shah Abdali Dur-e-Durran

Islam

Ahmad Shāh Durrānī (c. 1722 – 16 October 1772) (Pashto: احمد شاه دراني), also known as Ahmad Khān Abdālī (Pashto, Dari, Arabic, Urdu: احمد خان ابدالي), was the founder of the Durrani Empire and is regarded as the founder of the modern state of Afghanistan. He began his career by enlisting as a young soldier in the military of the Afsharid kingdom and quickly rose to become a commander of the Abdali Regiment, a cavalry of four thousand Abdali Pashtun soldiers.

After the death of Nader Shah Afshar in 1747, Ahmad Shah Durrani was chosen as King of Afghanistan. Rallying his Afghan tribes and allies, he pushed east towards the Mughal and the Maratha empires of India, west towards the disintegrating Afsharid Empire of Persia, and north toward the Khanate of Bukhara. Within a few years, he extended his control from Khorasan in the west to Kashmir and North India in the east, and from the Amu Darya in the north to the Arabian Sea in the south.

Durrani's mausoleum is located at Kandahar, Afghanistan, adjacent to the Shrine of the Cloak in the center of the city. Afghans often refer to him as Ahmad Shāh Bābā ("Ahmad Shah the Father").


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