Durrani Empire
| Durrani Empire | ||||||||||||||||||
| د درانیانو ټولواکمني | ||||||||||||||||||
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 The Durrani Empire at its maximum extent under Ahmad Shah Durrani.
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| Capital |
Kandahar (1747–1776) Kabul (1776–1823, 1839–1842) Peshawar (1776–1818; winter capital) Herat (1818–1826) |
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| Languages | Pashto | |||||||||||||||||
| Religion | Islam | |||||||||||||||||
| Government | Absolute monarchy | |||||||||||||||||
| Shah | ||||||||||||||||||
| • | 1747–1772 | Ahmad Shah Durrani (first) | ||||||||||||||||
| • | 1839–1842 | Shuja Shah Durrani (last) | ||||||||||||||||
| Historical era | Early modern period | |||||||||||||||||
| • | Established | October 1747 | ||||||||||||||||
| • | Disestablished | 1826 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Today part of |
 Afghanistan China Iran Pakistan |
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India
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan
The Durrani Empire, Durrani Tulukamani, Durrani Wakmani, Durrani Emirate (Pashto: د درانیانو واکمني), also called the Sadozai Kingdom and the Last Afghan Empire, was founded in 1747 by Ahmad Shah Durrani with its capital at Kandahar, in present-day Afghanistan. The Durrani Empire at its maximum extent encompassed present-day Afghanistan, northeastern Iran, eastern Turkmenistan (including the Panjdeh oasis), most of Pakistan, and northwestern India, including the Kashmir region. With the support of various tribal leaders, Ahmad Shah Durrani with his Baloch allies extended Afghan control from Khorasan in the west to Kashmir and Delhi in the east, and from the Amu Darya in the north to the Arabian Sea in the south.
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