Hotak tribe
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The Hotak tribe is a Pashtun tribal group historically significant for producing leaders who founded the early 18th-century Hotak dynasty in parts of present-day Afghanistan and Iran.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hotak tribe canonical | 2 |
| Ghilzai | 1 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Pashtun tribe ⓘ |
| alternativeName | Hotaki ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent |
Hotak invasion of Iran
ⓘ
overthrow of Safavid rule in Kandahar ⓘ |
| capitalAssociatedWith | Kandahar ⓘ |
| conflictWith | Safavid Empire ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Afghanistan ⓘ |
| culturalArea |
North-West Frontier region
ⓘ
surface form:
Pashtun tribal belt
|
| culturalIdentity | Pashtun tribal identity ⓘ |
| customaryLaw | Pashtunwali ⓘ |
| dynastyFounded | Hotak dynasty ⓘ |
| ethnicity |
Pashtuns
ⓘ
surface form:
Pashtun
|
| ethnographicRegion |
Kandahar
ⓘ
surface form:
Greater Kandahar
|
| governanceTradition | jirga (tribal council) ⓘ |
| governedTerritoryVia | Hotak dynasty ⓘ |
| hasClanSystem | yes ⓘ |
| historicalEnemy |
Safavid Empire
ⓘ
surface form:
Safavid Iran
|
| historicalReligion |
Hanafi school
ⓘ
surface form:
Sunni Islam (Hanafi school)
|
| historicalRole |
ruling tribe in early 18th-century Afghanistan
ⓘ
ruling tribe in parts of Iran in the early 18th century ⓘ |
| historicalStatus | ruling elite in Kandahar in early 1700s ⓘ |
| language |
Pashto language
ⓘ
surface form:
Pashto
|
| lineage | Ghilji confederation ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Afghanistan
ⓘ
Kandahar Province ⓘ
surface form:
Kandahar region
|
| militaryTradition | tribal warriors ⓘ |
| notableFor | founding the Hotak dynasty ⓘ |
| partOf |
Pashtuns
ⓘ
surface form:
Ghilji Pashtuns
|
| politicalSystem | tribal leadership ⓘ |
| producedLeader |
Ashraf Hotak
ⓘ
Mahmud Hotak ⓘ Mirwais Hotak ⓘ |
| regionOfInfluence |
central Afghanistan
ⓘ
eastern Iran ⓘ southern Afghanistan ⓘ |
| regionToday |
border areas with Pakistan
ⓘ
modern Afghanistan ⓘ |
| religion | Sunni Islam ⓘ |
| revoltLedByMember | Mirwais Hotak ⓘ |
| socialStructure | tribal ⓘ |
| subgroupOf |
Pashtuns
ⓘ
surface form:
Pashtun tribes
|
| timePeriodOfProminence | early 18th century ⓘ |
| traditionalLifestyle |
agriculture
ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ |
| usesScript | Arabic script (for Pashto) ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Ghilzai