Durrani dynasty

Durrani dynasty
Country	Old Afghanistan 1747 Durrani Empire first Capital was kandahar,and under kandahar was kabul, peshawar, Lahore and Delhi
Titles	Emir, King
Founded	1747
Founder	Ahmad Shah Durrani founder of Durrani dynasty Ahmad Shah Durrani
Current head	kandaharian

Durrani / DURRANI

احمد شاه دراني), also known as Ahmad Khān Abdālī was the founder of the Durrani Empire and is regarded as the founder of the modern state of Afghanistan Timur Shah Durrani (1748May 18, 1793) was the second ruler of the Durrani Empire, from October 16, 1772 until his death in 1793 Zaman Shah Durrani, (c. 1770 – 1844) was ruler of the Durrani Empire from 1793 until 1800. He was the grandson of Ahmad Shah Durrani and the fifth son of Timur Shah Durrani. An ethnic Pashtun like the rest of his family and Durrani rulers, Zaman Shah became the third King of Afghanistan. Shuja Shah Durrani (also known as Shāh Shujāʻ, Shah Shujah, Shoja Shah, Shujah al-Mulk) (c. November 4, 1785 – April 5, 1842) was ruler of the Durrani Empire from 1803 to 1809. He then ruled from 1839 until his death in 1842. Shuja Shah was of the Sadozai line of the Abdali group of Pashtuns. He became the fifth Emir of Afghanistan.
Total population
(several millions)
Regions with significant populations
Afghanistan
Languages
Pashto, Balochi
Religion
Predominantly Sunni Islam

The Durrani dynasty was founded in 1747 by Ahmad Shah Durrani at Kandahar, present Afghanistan. He united the different Pashtun tribes and created the Durrani Empire with his Baloch allies which included the most of present-day Pakistan, and the Kashmir and Punjab regions of present-day India. The Durrani dynasty was composed of ethnic Pashtuns and BalochDurranis were replaced by the Barakzai dynasty during the early half of the 19th century.

Ahmad Shah and his descendants were from the Sadozai line of the Durranis (formerly known as Abdalis), making them the second Pashtun rulers of Kandahar after the Hotakis. The Durranis were very notable in the second half of the 18th century mainly due to the leadership of Ahmad Shah Durrani.

Nader Shah's rule ended in June 1747 after being murdered by his Persian soldiers. In October 1747, when the chiefs of the Afghans met at a loya jirga (grand council) in Kandahar to select a new ruler for the Abdali confederation, the young 25-year-old Ahmad Khan was chosen. Despite being younger than other claimants, Ahmad Khan had several overriding factors in his favour:

One of Ahmad Khan's first acts as chief was to adopt the title Padshah durr-i durrān (King, "pearl of the age" or "pearl of pearls"). The name may have been suggested, as some claim, from a dream, or as others claim, from the pearl earrings worn by the royal guard of Nadir Shah. The Abdali Pashtuns were known thereafter as the Durrani, and the name of the Abdali confederation was changed to Durrani.