Hotak Empire

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Afghan state former country historical empire

The Hotak Empire was an early 18th-century Afghan state founded by the Hotak dynasty that briefly ruled large parts of present-day Afghanistan and Iran before being supplanted by the Afsharids.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Hotak Empire canonical 2
Hotak Afghan Empire 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Afghan state ⓘ
former country ⓘ
historical empire ⓘ
capital Kandahar ⓘ
causeOfDestruction Afsharid military campaigns ⓘ
conflict Afghan–Persian wars ⓘ
Hotak–Safavid conflict ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
dissolutionReason defeat by Afsharid forces under Nader Shah ⓘ
endTime 1738 ⓘ
ethnicComposition Pashtuns ⓘ
ethnicMajority Pashtuns ⓘ
surface form: Ghilji Pashtuns
followedBy Afsharid Empire ⓘ
foundedBy Hotak dynasty ⓘ
Mirwais Hotak ⓘ
governmentType monarchy ⓘ
hasCapitalAtTime Isfahan ⓘ
Kandahar ⓘ
hasLeader Ashraf Hotak ⓘ
Mahmud Hotak ⓘ
Mirwais Hotak ⓘ
hasNotableRuler Ashraf Hotak ⓘ
Mahmud Hotak ⓘ
hasTypeOfState tribal monarchy ⓘ
language Pashto language ⓘ
surface form: Pashto

Persian ⓘ
namedAfter Hotak dynasty ⓘ
originRegion Kandahar ⓘ
overthrew Safavid authority in Kandahar ⓘ
partOf history of Afghanistan ⓘ
history of Iran ⓘ
precededBy Safavid Empire ⓘ
religion Sunni Islam ⓘ
replacedBy Afsharid Empire ⓘ
rulingDynasty Hotak dynasty ⓘ
significantEvent capture of Isfahan ⓘ
defeat by Nader Shah ⓘ
fall of Isfahan in 1722 ⓘ
overthrow of Safavid rule in Kandahar ⓘ
startTime 1709 ⓘ
territoryIncludes Herat Province ⓘ
surface form: Herat region

Isfahan ⓘ
Kandahar Province ⓘ
surface form: Kandahar region

central Iran ⓘ
present-day Afghanistan ⓘ
present-day Iran ⓘ
timePeriod early 18th century ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Hotak dynasty → country → Hotak Empire ⓘ
Hotak dynasty → hasTitle → Hotak Empire ⓘ
Battle of Damghan (1729) → combatantSide2 → Hotak Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hotak Afghan Empire