Durrani Empire

E15089
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.

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All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
Durrani Empire canonical 61
Durrani dynasty 3
Afghan Durrani Empire 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Afghan state ⓘ
historical empire ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Durrani Empire ⓘ
surface form: Afghan Empire
bordered Mughal Empire (in much of the territory) ⓘ
surface form: Mughal Empire

Qing dynasty ⓘ
surface form: Qing Empire
capital Kabul ⓘ
Kandahar ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
coreTerritory Afghanistan ⓘ
currency rupee ⓘ
dominantTribalConfederation Pashtuns ⓘ
surface form: Abdali (Durrani) Pashtuns
dynasty Durrani Empire self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 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 language ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
Khorasan ⓘ
surface form: 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 (74)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Punjab → historicalRuler → Durrani Empire ⓘ
Maratha Empire → conflict → Durrani Empire ⓘ
Durrani Empire → alsoKnownAs → Durrani Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Afghan Empire
Durrani Empire → dynasty → Durrani Empire self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Durrani dynasty
Sikh Empire → neighbor → Durrani Empire ⓘ
Pashtuns → majorTribalConfederation → Durrani Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Durrani
Peshawar → ruledByHistorically → Durrani Empire ⓘ
Khyber Pass → usedBy → Durrani Empire ⓘ
Kabul → wasPartOf → Durrani Empire ⓘ
Third Battle of Panipat → belligerent → Durrani Empire ⓘ
Hotak dynasty → successor → Durrani Empire ⓘ
Ahmad Shah Durrani → dynasty → Durrani Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Durrani dynasty
Ahmad Shah Durrani → founded → Durrani Empire ⓘ
Kandahar → wasCapitalOf → Durrani Empire ⓘ
Kandahar → associatedDynasty → Durrani Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Durrani dynasty
Emirate of Afghanistan → predecessor → Durrani Empire ⓘ
Timur Shah Durrani → countryRuled → Durrani Empire ⓘ
Timur Shah Durrani → deathPlace → Durrani Empire ⓘ
Zaman Shah Durrani → countryOfCitizenship → Durrani Empire ⓘ
Zaman Shah Durrani → house → Durrani Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Durrani
Zaman Shah Durrani → realm → Durrani Empire ⓘ
Mahmud Shah Durrani → country → Durrani Empire ⓘ
Mahmud Shah Durrani → birthPlace → Durrani Empire ⓘ
Mahmud Shah Durrani → deathPlace → Durrani Empire ⓘ
Kashmiris → historicalEmpireRule → Durrani Empire ⓘ
Sikh Confederacy → opposedTo → Durrani Empire ⓘ
Hazara → historicallyRuledBy → Durrani Empire ⓘ
Kashmir Valley → historicalRuler → Durrani Empire ⓘ
Jalalabad, Afghanistan → historicEmpireAssociation → Durrani Empire ⓘ
subject surface form: Jalalabad
Badakhshan → historicallyRuledBy → Durrani Empire ⓘ
Peshawar Valley → historicallyRuledBy → Durrani Empire ⓘ
Bala Hissar Fort → historicalEra → Durrani Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Durrani Empire period
Bala Hissar Fort → controlledBy → Durrani Empire ⓘ
Koh-i-Noor diamond → associatedWith → Durrani Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Afghan Durrani Empire
First Anglo-Afghan War → belligerent → Durrani Empire ⓘ
Derajat → locatedInTime → Durrani Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Durrani Empire period
Durrani–Maratha War → conflictBetween → Durrani Empire ⓘ
Durrani–Maratha War → belligerent → Durrani Empire ⓘ
Ibrahim Khan Gardi → opponent → Durrani Empire ⓘ
Najib-ud-Daula → associatedWith → Durrani Empire ⓘ
Sadashivrao Bhau → opposed → Durrani Empire ⓘ
North-West Frontier region → historicallyPartOf → Durrani Empire ⓘ
Herat Citadel → associatedWithEmpire → Durrani Empire ⓘ
Durr-i-Durrān → associatedWith → Durrani Empire ⓘ
Pearl of Pearls → associatedWithRegion → Durrani Empire ⓘ
Maruf → associatedWith → Durrani Empire ⓘ
Maruf → locatedInFormerEntity → Durrani Empire ⓘ
Maruf → locatedInFormerEntity → Durrani Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Afghan Empire
Ahmad Shah Durrani mausoleum in Kandahar → associatedWithEmpire → Durrani Empire ⓘ
Barakzai dynasty → predecessor → Durrani Empire ⓘ