Durrani Empire

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Afghan state historical empire

The Durrani Empire was an 18th–19th century Afghan-led imperial state founded by Ahmad Shah Durrani that controlled large parts of present-day Afghanistan, Pakistan, northeastern Iran, and northwestern India.

Aliases (4)

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Afghan state → historical empire →
alsoKnownAs	Afghan Empire →
bordered	Mughal Empire → Qing Empire →
capital	Kabul → Kandahar →
continent	Asia →
coreTerritory	Afghanistan →
currency	rupee →
dominantTribalConfederation	Abdali (Durrani) Pashtuns →
dynasty	Durrani dynasty →
endTime	1826 →
establishedAfter	death of Nader Shah →
ethnicGroupInPower	Pashtuns →
foundedBy	Ahmad Shah Durrani →
foundingYear	1747 →
governmentType	monarchy →
historicalSignificance	considered the foundation of the modern Afghan state →
language	Pashto → Persian →
militarySystem	cavalry-based army →
namedAfter	Ahmad Shah Durrani →
peakTerritorialExtentDuringReignOf	Ahmad Shah Durrani →
politicalStructure	tribal monarchy →
predecessor	Afsharid Empire → Hotak dynasty →
region	Central Asia → Greater Khorasan → South Asia →
religion	Sunni Islam →
ruler	Ahmad Shah Durrani → Mahmud Shah Durrani → Shuja Shah Durrani → Timur Shah Durrani → Zaman Shah Durrani →
significantBattle	Third Battle of Panipat →
startTime	1747 →
successor	British India → Emirate of Afghanistan → Qajar Iran → Sikh Empire →
territoryIncluded	northeastern Iran → northwestern India → present-day Afghanistan → present-day Pakistan →
wonBattleAgainst	Maratha Empire →
yearOfThirdBattleOfPanipat	1761 →

Referenced by (27)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Mahmud Shah Durrani → Timur Shah Durrani →	deathPlace
Ahmad Shah Durrani ("Durrani dynasty") → Durrani Empire ("Durrani dynasty") →	dynasty
Durrani Empire ("Afghan Empire") →	alsoKnownAs
Kandahar ("Durrani dynasty") →	associatedDynasty
Third Battle of Panipat →	belligerent
Mahmud Shah Durrani →	birthPlace
Maratha Empire →	conflict
Mahmud Shah Durrani →	country
Zaman Shah Durrani →	countryOfCitizenship
Timur Shah Durrani →	countryRuled
Ahmad Shah Durrani →	founded
Kashmiris →	historicalEmpireRule
Hazara →	historicallyRuledBy
Punjab →	historicalRuler
Zaman Shah Durrani ("House of Durrani") →	house
Pashtuns ("Durrani") →	majorTribalConfederation
Sikh Empire →	neighbor
Sikh Confederacy →	opposedTo
Emirate of Afghanistan →	predecessor
Zaman Shah Durrani →	realm
Peshawar →	ruledByHistorically
Hotak dynasty →	successor
Khyber Pass →	usedBy
Kandahar →	wasCapitalOf
Kabul →	wasPartOf