Mirwais Hotak

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Afghan tribal leader founder of state monarch person revolutionary

Mirwais Hotak was an Afghan tribal leader and revolutionary who led a successful uprising against Safavid Persian rule and established an independent Afghan state in the early 18th century.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Mirwais Hotak canonical	13
Afghan nobles	1
Emir of Kandahar	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Afghan tribal leader ⓘ founder of state ⓘ monarch ⓘ person ⓘ revolutionary ⓘ
causeOfDeath	natural causes ⓘ
child	Husayn Hotak ⓘ Mahmud Hotak ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Afghanistan ⓘ
dateOfBirth	circa 1673 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1715 ⓘ
era	early 18th century ⓘ
ethnicity	Pashtuns ⓘ surface form: Pashtun
familyName	Hotaki ⓘ surface form: Hotak
founded	Hotak dynasty ⓘ independent Afghan state in Kandahar ⓘ
givenName	Mirwais Yasini ⓘ surface form: Mirwais
knownFor	establishing Afghan independence from Safavid Persia ⓘ leading uprising against Safavid rule ⓘ
legacy	considered a national hero of Afghanistan ⓘ regarded as a founding figure of modern Afghan statehood ⓘ
movement	Afghan independence movement (early 18th century) ⓘ
name	Mirwais Hotak self-link ⓘ
notableWork	Kandahar uprising of 1709 ⓘ
opponent	Gurgin Khan ⓘ Safavid Empire ⓘ Safavid Empire ⓘ surface form: Safavid Persia
placeOfBirth	Afghanistan ⓘ Kandahar ⓘ Kandahar Province ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Afghanistan ⓘ Kandahar ⓘ Kandahar Province ⓘ
positionHeld	leader of the Hotak dynasty ⓘ ruler of Kandahar ⓘ
regionRuled	Kandahar Province ⓘ surface form: Kandahar region
religion	Sunni Islam ⓘ
residence	Kandahar ⓘ
significantEvent	assassination of Gurgin Khan ⓘ
startTime	1709 uprising against Safavid rule ⓘ
successor	Mahmud Hotak ⓘ
title	Mirwais Khan ⓘ Mirwais Khan ⓘ surface form: Mirwais Nika
tribe	Ghilzai tribe ⓘ surface form: Ghilzai

Referenced by (15)

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

Hotak dynasty → founder → Mirwais Hotak ⓘ

Hotak dynasty → firstRuler → Mirwais Hotak ⓘ

Ibrahim Lodi → conflictWith → Mirwais Hotak ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afghan nobles

Hotak Empire → foundedBy → Mirwais Hotak ⓘ

Hotak Empire → hasLeader → Mirwais Hotak ⓘ

Mirwais Hotak → name → Mirwais Hotak self-link ⓘ

Ghilji → notableLeader → Mirwais Hotak ⓘ

Hotaki → hasNotableRuler → Mirwais Hotak ⓘ

Hotaki → founderOfDynasty → Mirwais Hotak ⓘ

Hotak family → member → Mirwais Hotak ⓘ

Hotak family → foundedBy → Mirwais Hotak ⓘ

Hotak family → titleHeldByMembers → Mirwais Hotak ⓘ

this entity surface form: Emir of Kandahar

Mahmud Hotak → father → Mirwais Hotak ⓘ

Hotak tribe → producedLeader → Mirwais Hotak ⓘ

Hotak tribe → revoltLedByMember → Mirwais Hotak ⓘ